Er, no actually --- it was the sound of me trying to con David into writing something! WFL On 7/28/11, Michael Kleber <michael.kleber@gmail.com> wrote:
Was that the sound of you offering to write something, Fred? :-)
--Michael
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Fred lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:
On 7/28/11, David Makin <makinmagic@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
Thanks Tom, I confess I didn't think he was that confused and I was convinced that there must be something somewhere explaining things in more detail.
It strikes me that there's the meat for an interesting Math. Intelligencer style article in this little story --- a bit of detective work, various experts pitching in, opportunity for some pretty pictures, recently deceased prophet /genius / riddler, the occasional doubter sniping from the sidelines ... and the maths, of course.
WFL
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