From: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org (lucy-list-digest) To: lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: lucy-list-digest V4 #134 Reply-To: lucy-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk lucy-list-digest Sunday, June 16 2002 Volume 04 : Number 134 In this issue: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... Re: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... Re: [lucy-list] from Gauss to Anaxagoras Re: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... Re: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... Re: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... Re: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 07:55:06 -0400 From: "Benay Bubar" Subject: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... Well, I'm JUST about to leave on this rainy morning for the first of two days of Clearwater (both days of which will include Lucy!)...so of course I was anticipating the weekend last night, and I ended up dreaming----much as I shudder to admit it---that I was performing in some sort of musical (it had a "Guys and Dolls" sort of flavor to it, probably because I actually DID perform in "Guys and Dolls" once) and had to sing "Song About Pi." So in the dream I was rehearsing and rehearsing, the first two verses especially...I kept waking up slightly and not being able to shake the dream, so over and over again in my mind it was, "Through all the bygone ages, philosophers and sages..." etc. Which got me to thinking, when I woke up...if I'm gonna be singing this song in my dreams, even now and then, I need to figure out who the heck the mystery mathematicians are. (Maybe it's come up here before, but I don't recall.) I'm talking about, "From Newton to Pythagarus, from Gaos to Anexaggerous..." (PLEASE pardon the virtually certain spelling errors...I don't have time to try to look them up now...) Anyway, I am quite comfortable with who the first two are, but who the heck are those others? Are they relatively obscure, or does everyone but me have some idea? I don't think I'm even sure enough of the spellings to try to look them up. I don't need a lengthy discourse, but a brief heads up would be nice, if any of you math people would care to take a stab at it! :-) Benay ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 06:58:31 -0700 (PDT) From: S L L Subject: Re: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... I think you mean Gauss and Anaxagoras .... let the geeks joke roll my way b/c I've heard of both! :-) And I even have a website for you wannabe math geeks. It has short bios of all the math greats. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html And if you take this link you'll even get the bio of the writer of the Pi Song http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Kaplansky.html ~Simona Benay Bubar wrote: "From Newton to Pythagarus, from Gaos to Anexaggerous..." (PLEASE pardon the virtually certain spelling errors...I don't have time to try to look them up now...) Anyway, I am quite comfortable with who the first two are, but who the heck are those others? Are they relatively obscure, or does everyone but me have some idea? I don't think I'm even sure enough of the spellings to try to look them up. I don't need a lengthy discourse, but a brief heads up would be nice, if any of you math people would care to take a stab at it! :-) Benay Simona L. Loberant Since November 2000, there have been more than 11,000 unprovoked terror attacks against Israel. www.isupportisrael.net "Every now and then go away, even briefly, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer; since to remain constantly at work will cause you to lose power." **Leonardo da Vinci Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 10:30:49 -0400 From: Phil Kalina <76106.566@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: [lucy-list] from Gauss to Anaxagoras At 15 Jun 2002 06:58:31 -0700 (pdt), Simona wrote: > > I think you mean Gauss and Anaxagoras .... let the geeks joke > roll my way b/c I've heard of both! :-) > ... I knew all about Gauss. See, for example, http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Gauss.html. Gauss' influence is everywhere--even in Photoshop's Gaussian Blur filter. But unlike Simona, I was ignorant (except for the Pi lyric) of Anaxagoras. But check this (http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/anaxagor.htm) out. Apparently Anaxagoras is credited with being the first to observe that the moon does not generate its own light, but reflects the light of the sun. Anaxagoras also explained solar eclipses. Phil ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 09:03:27 -0500 From: " Gina" Subject: Re: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... I don't have any geek jokes, but I do have a trivia question. What really famous folksinger has a math degree from Columbia university? - ----- Original Message ----- From: "S L L" To: Cc: Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... > I think you mean Gauss and Anaxagoras .... let the geeks joke roll my way b/c I've heard of both! :-) > And I even have a website for you wannabe math geeks. It has short bios of all the math greats. > http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html > And if you take this link you'll even get the bio of the writer of the Pi Song > http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Kaplansky.html > ~Simona > Benay Bubar wrote: "From Newton to Pythagarus, from Gaos to > Anexaggerous..." (PLEASE pardon the virtually certain spelling errors...I > don't have time to try to look them up now...) Anyway, I am quite > comfortable with who the first two are, but who the heck are those others? > Are they relatively obscure, or does everyone but me have some idea? I don't > think I'm even sure enough of the spellings to try to look them up. I don't > need a lengthy discourse, but a brief heads up would be nice, if any of you > math people would care to take a stab at it! :-) > > Benay > > > Simona L. Loberant > > Since November 2000, there have been more than 11,000 unprovoked terror attacks against Israel. www.isupportisrael.net > > "Every now and then go away, even briefly, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer; since to remain constantly at work will cause you to lose power." > **Leonardo da Vinci > Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:25:35 -0400 From: "CarolellenNorskey" Subject: Re: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... Art Garfunkle! - ----- Original Message ----- From: Gina To: Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... > I don't have any geek jokes, but I do have a trivia question. What really > famous folksinger has a math degree from Columbia university? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "S L L" > To: > Cc: > Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 8:58 AM > Subject: Re: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... > > > > I think you mean Gauss and Anaxagoras .... let the geeks joke roll my way > b/c I've heard of both! :-) > > And I even have a website for you wannabe math geeks. It has short bios of > all the math greats. > > http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html > > And if you take this link you'll even get the bio of the writer of the Pi > Song > > http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Kaplansky.html > > ~Simona > > Benay Bubar wrote: "From Newton to Pythagarus, > from Gaos to > > Anexaggerous..." (PLEASE pardon the virtually certain spelling errors...I > > don't have time to try to look them up now...) Anyway, I am quite > > comfortable with who the first two are, but who the heck are those others? > > Are they relatively obscure, or does everyone but me have some idea? I > don't > > think I'm even sure enough of the spellings to try to look them up. I > don't > > need a lengthy discourse, but a brief heads up would be nice, if any of > you > > math people would care to take a stab at it! :-) > > > > Benay > > > > > > Simona L. Loberant > > > > Since November 2000, there have been more than 11,000 unprovoked terror > attacks against Israel. www.isupportisrael.net > > > > "Every now and then go away, even briefly, have a little relaxation, for > when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer; since to remain > constantly at work will cause you to lose power." > > **Leonardo da Vinci > > Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 14:19:26 -0500 From: " Gina" Subject: Re: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... And the winning piece of Pi goes to Carolellen! - ----- Original Message ----- From: "CarolellenNorskey" To: Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... > Art Garfunkle! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gina > To: > Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 10:03 AM > Subject: Re: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... > > > > I don't have any geek jokes, but I do have a trivia question. What really > > famous folksinger has a math degree from Columbia university? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "S L L" > > To: > > Cc: > > Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 8:58 AM > > Subject: Re: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... > > > > > > > I think you mean Gauss and Anaxagoras .... let the geeks joke roll my > way > > b/c I've heard of both! :-) > > > And I even have a website for you wannabe math geeks. It has short bios > of > > all the math greats. > > > http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html > > > And if you take this link you'll even get the bio of the writer of the > Pi > > Song > > > http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Kaplansky.html > > > ~Simona > > > Benay Bubar wrote: "From Newton to > Pythagarus, > > from Gaos to > > > Anexaggerous..." (PLEASE pardon the virtually certain spelling > errors...I > > > don't have time to try to look them up now...) Anyway, I am quite > > > comfortable with who the first two are, but who the heck are those > others? > > > Are they relatively obscure, or does everyone but me have some idea? I > > don't > > > think I'm even sure enough of the spellings to try to look them up. I > > don't > > > need a lengthy discourse, but a brief heads up would be nice, if any of > > you > > > math people would care to take a stab at it! :-) > > > > > > Benay > > > > > > > > > Simona L. Loberant > > > > > > Since November 2000, there have been more than 11,000 unprovoked terror > > attacks against Israel. www.isupportisrael.net > > > > > > "Every now and then go away, even briefly, have a little relaxation, for > > when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer; since to > remain > > constantly at work will cause you to lose power." > > > **Leonardo da Vinci > > > Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 23:07:34 -0400 From: "Benay Bubar" Subject: Re: [lucy-list] the mystery mathematicians... Thanks for the mathematician sites, Simona and Phil! I haven't checked them yet, but I will...forgive me...I just got home from Clearwater and frankly, it's a wonder I've even managed to get myself together enough to turn ON my computer because, having already killed one waterbug this morning, I had to battle THREE upon arriving home tonight! Of course, it made me think of Lucy's Ten Year Night intro about Rick killing the flying waterbug (told, winningly, again today). While my waterbugs weren't the flying kind, they were PLENTY large and PLENTY scary, not to mention darned good at high jumps---I don't like bugs any more than Lucy does, but I didn't have anyone to demonstrate true love and fight them for me, so I demonstrated true terror (UGH!!!!) and went on the offensive. I only managed to "vanquish" (to borrow Lucy's word) two of them...the other one's still lurking somewhere and may survive to fight me another day should it manage to avoid the small lake of Raid (Outdoor Fresh Scent Raid, no less...and I'd like to get my hands on the person who named it that because I spent this whole day outdoors and trust me, NOTHING out there smelled the way my apartment does now!) that's pooled and running in rivulets over my kitchen floor, site of the conflict (later on, on my kitchen floor...not that near the grocery store...I killed things I'd never killed before...STOP, Benay). OK, lest I be chastised for inciting mayhem by turning the exalted Lucy-list into a forum for bug stories and threatening to turn Ten Year Night from a story of love with a bug-related intro (and a song I honestly adore) into an actual story of bug killing...I'm sorry, I just couldn't help any of it, the bug trauma is still so fresh...I actually DO have Lucy-related stuff to say! Lucy sang twice today at Clearwater, first in the morning in John Gorka's set, then in the evening in a set of her own (with John Gorka joining her for some of it). Because of the damp weather (the rain itself mercifully held off), she had a really good hair day, as John pointed out...no leather today except for a light brown leather jacket for her set that she said she usually can't wear onstage because it's too hot...I was surprised for a moment to see her in denim again, but of course she wouldn't have wanted to wander around all day in leather in the grass and considerable mud! Anyway, the clothes might have been different from the usual, but the voice was as wonderful as ever. With John Gorka she sang (not necessarily in order): I Saw a Stranger with Your Hair A Saint's Complaint Let Them In Morningside I'm Gonna Reach (not the title, but I'm not sure of the title) Blue Chalk For her own set, she did: Written on the Back of His Hand End of the Day I Had Something Ten Year Night (w/John...and it was an especially beautiful version) Scorpion (w/John) Don't Mind Me (w/John...and I must mention that this song turned out to have my FAVORITE piece of sign language in it...at Clearwater, for anyone who doesn't know, they have American Sign Language interpreters for every show [for Lucy's set tonight, it was Jody Gill, a familiar face to those of us who have gone to these festivals a few times] and usually I don't watch the interpreters except occasionally because I don't understand sign language...but in the chorus of Don't Mind Me, for "If you turn away, I'll just turn you back around," one of Jody's fingers went trotting off to the side, then the other hand came over and tapped it a couple of times to get its attention...and the finger sort of seemed to look back uncertainly...then the other hand beckoned it to return, with the universal "come here!" gesture, and the errant finger about-faced, somewhat jauntily, and trotted back...I understood it without knowing ASL at all, and it was like seeing an entire little play in just a few seconds, each time the chorus was repeated) Land of the Living By Way of Sorrow (w/John) Now I must get to bed and recover from the bug battles and the fun but exhausting day at Clearwater...more Clearwater is still to come tomorrow (but I REALLY hope no more bugs apart from any stories Lucy may tell!). Benay ------------------------------ End of lucy-list-digest V4 #134 ******************************* This has been a posting from the Lucy Kaplansky mail list digest To unsubscribe send mail to Majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe lucy-list-digest" in the body of the message