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Retired Math Professor. Still learning. I remain a legend in my own mind.
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About 50 years ago, I was reading political thrillers, including several by Fletcher Knebel. His 1966 novel, NIGHT OF CAMP DAVID, centers on a U.S. president who has gone insane. Signs of insanity include: desire for (a) an alliance with the USSR, and (b) annexation of Canada.

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Shirley, I am not the first person to think that all the fired federal workers could wind up in the meat packing plants, as vegetable pickers, or in the hospitality industry should the billionaire's plan of a cultural revolution come to fruition.

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I am old enough to have known people who had polio. I recall polio preventation at public pools. As a child I never had rubella nor chicken pox. I did have both as an adult. Terrifying experiences! In the 1960s, when a nbhd child got infected, quarantine! The times weren't so great!

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Taken and modified from an on-going paper about the dihedral cover of the (2,5) torus knot as it is mapped into 4-d space.

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Why does LaTeX have to be so stubborn/stupid about Figure placement?!? I waist so much time fixing these thing and the solution is always inelegant and not what I wanted!

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I'll continue writing about divisibility tests in a day or so. Meanwhile, here is an advertisement that features our latest book. www.worldscientific.com/pb-assets/ws...

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