[math-fun] Lasker
Macaulay's book gave a star role to the amazing theorem of Lasker, also mentioned here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_decomposition It is due to Emanuel Lasker, world chess champion 1894-1921, which I think made him the longest-reigning world champ. So, I had not realized this, but Lasker also made a lasting contribution to mathematics.
Dear all, I may have it wrong, but I thought that Ed. Lasker and Emanuel Lasker were brothers. Both made some contribution to mathematics, the former mostly in a recreational context. He's responsible for Lasker's Nim, for example. R. On Fri, 8 Apr 2016, Warren D Smith wrote:
Macaulay's book gave a star role to the amazing theorem of Lasker, also mentioned here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_decomposition
It is due to Emanuel Lasker, world chess champion 1894-1921, which I think made him the longest-reigning world champ. So, I had not realized this, but Lasker also made a lasting contribution to mathematics.
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On 2016-04-12 06:45, rkg wrote:
Dear all, I may have it wrong, but I thought that Ed. Lasker and Emanuel Lasker were brothers. Both made some contribution to mathematics, the former mostly in a recreational context. He's responsible for Lasker's Nim, for example. R.
I thought they were friends who found out they were 3rd cousins (or something equally distant). I believe they worked together to popularize Go in the western world.
On Fri, 8 Apr 2016, Warren D Smith wrote:
Macaulay's book gave a star role to the amazing theorem of Lasker, also mentioned here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_decomposition
It is due to Emanuel Lasker, world chess champion 1894-1921, which I think made him the longest-reigning world champ. So, I had not realized this, but Lasker also made a lasting contribution to mathematics.
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The whole elaborate story can be read at the Wikipedia article "Edward Lasker". There were three Laskers in the picture: the brothers Emanuel and Berthold, and their younger distant cousin Edward. Edward was the one who first got interested in Go, and proselytized his older cousins. Edward did not actually know he was related to the brothers until shortly before Emanuel's death. On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Michael Greenwald <mbgreen@seas.upenn.edu> wrote:
On 2016-04-12 06:45, rkg wrote:
Dear all, I may have it wrong, but I thought that Ed. Lasker and Emanuel Lasker were brothers. Both made some contribution to mathematics, the former mostly in a recreational context. He's responsible for Lasker's Nim, for example. R.
I thought they were friends who found out they were 3rd cousins (or something equally distant). I believe they worked together to popularize Go in the western world.
On Fri, 8 Apr 2016, Warren D Smith wrote:
Macaulay's book gave a star role to the amazing theorem of Lasker,
also mentioned here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_decomposition
It is due to Emanuel Lasker, world chess champion 1894-1921, which I think made him the longest-reigning world champ. So, I had not realized this, but Lasker also made a lasting contribution to mathematics.
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On 2016-04-12 09:53, Allan Wechsler wrote:
The whole elaborate story can be read at the Wikipedia article "Edward Lasker". There were three Laskers in the picture: the brothers Emanuel and Berthold, and their younger distant cousin Edward. Edward was the one who first got interested in Go, and proselytized his older cousins. Edward did not actually know he was related to the brothers until shortly before Emanuel's death.
Thanks. I found it interesting.
On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Michael Greenwald <mbgreen@seas.upenn.edu> wrote:
On 2016-04-12 06:45, rkg wrote:
Dear all, I may have it wrong, but I thought that Ed. Lasker and Emanuel Lasker were brothers. Both made some contribution to mathematics, the former mostly in a recreational context. He's responsible for Lasker's Nim, for example. R.
I thought they were friends who found out they were 3rd cousins (or something equally distant). I believe they worked together to popularize Go in the western world.
On Fri, 8 Apr 2016, Warren D Smith wrote:
Macaulay's book gave a star role to the amazing theorem of Lasker, also mentioned here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_decomposition
It is due to Emanuel Lasker, world chess champion 1894-1921, which I think made him the longest-reigning world champ. So, I had not realized this, but Lasker also made a lasting contribution to mathematics.
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