tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948420587779787298.post7386648137812529031..comments2023-06-16T05:25:55.741-07:00Comments on Elliptica: Carnival of Mathematics #18Lynethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357023675142716573noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948420587779787298.post-51193001982355750252007-10-07T23:33:00.000-07:002007-10-07T23:33:00.000-07:00JSE,I didn't mean to be facetious or anything -- t...JSE,<BR/><BR/>I didn't mean to be facetious or anything -- the first few times I heard the phrase "for all epsilon, there exists delta..." just kind of had a marked effect on me. I'm grateful for the clarification! :)Lynethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357023675142716573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948420587779787298.post-44834870548020502712007-10-07T07:24:00.000-07:002007-10-07T07:24:00.000-07:00Right, all I meant to say was "all confusion over ...Right, all I meant to say was "all confusion over what we mean when we say .99999.... = 1." As for other confusions, all I can tell you is I've had my Ph.D. for a decade and each year I'm more confused than the year before.JSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12896404802967125567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948420587779787298.post-56312305709684146482007-10-07T06:31:00.000-07:002007-10-07T06:31:00.000-07:00The Lie group interpretation of parallel parking i...The Lie group interpretation of parallel parking is priceless.<BR/><BR/>Next in the series: understanding politics via injective objects (white and black citizens form a divisible group).Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948420587779787298.post-63610353632231420272007-10-07T02:33:00.000-07:002007-10-07T02:33:00.000-07:00To be fair, I think he meant that the confusion ab...To be fair, I think he meant that the confusion <I>about that particular question</I> departs after a few weeks' study of real analysis. It is unfortunately replaced by whole new dimensions of confusion... ;^)<BR/><BR/>BTW, I know that guy in real life. He's a friend and colleague of my husband.C. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.com