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[math-fun] FYI: re New Yorker article on the Poincare conjecture, Pereleman, S.T. Yau, etc.
by Daniel Asimov 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

The article in the New Yorker by Sylvia Nasar and David Gruber < http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060828fa_fact2 > is apparently not the last word on the subject. Lawyers have now sent an 12-page letter < http://www.doctoryau.com/9.18.06.pdf > purporting to rebut a number of things cited in the article as fact. A blogger, Mark Liberman, Prof. in the U Penn CS dept. (with Erdos number = 3) posted the following comment: < http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003608.html#more >. --Dan

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FORWARDING Re: [math-fun] FYI: re New Yorker article on the Poincare conjecture, Pereleman, S.T. Yau, etc.
by Daniel Asimov 02 Oct '06

02 Oct '06

I was very courteously asked about whether it's OK to forward my recent post (below, with one more fact added). The answer is Sure! EXCEPT for one thing: Please do *not* include my name or e-address!!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Which brings to mind the following, mainly to Rich: Question: Does math-fun have a default guideline about forwarding a post, or is it currently on a case-by-case basis? Thanks, Dan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- original post follows: The article in the New Yorker by Sylvia Nasar and David Gruber < http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060828fa_fact2 > is apparently not the last word on the subject. Lawyers have now sent an 12-page letter < http://www.doctoryau.com/9.18.06.pdf > purporting to rebut a number of things cited in the article as fact. A blogger, Mark Liberman, Prof. in the U Penn CS and Linguistics depts. (with Erdos number = 3) posted the following comment: < http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003608.html#more >.

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