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I love finding bizarre little things like this, a letter box for the Mathematical Institute in Oxford situated very low to the ground on a very large expanse of white brick - this photo only shows about 1/3 of the entire wall!
In the movie its said this limit doesnt exist. but it does. Its -1.
Holywood sux at math definately =)
Here is a new mathematics title that has been purchased over the past couple of months. Place your cursor over the book's cover to receive more information. Click on the "Check for availability" link in the note to see the book's status in the Library's online catalog.
The result of iterating z_{n+1}=exp(i*0.021)*z_n/(1+z_n^3) in the complex plane. Hue determined by the complex angle, brightness by magnitude.
"The models merely represent abstract mathematical golems that throw dice at each other." -- Atavism
These designs are based off an old conversation on the Hangar and a recent question on the Facebook page.
Red: 2Rd+d8/2B/2W.
White: 2Rd/1B/1G/1Y/2W.
Blue: 2Ra+d8/2Y/2W.
Here are some new mathematics titles that have been purchased over the past couple of months. Place your cursor over a book's cover to receive more information. Click on the "Check for availability" link in the note to see a book's status in the Library's online catalog.
for the theme "mathematics" a page of my homework for a graduate group theory class I took long ago (which looks a bit like Greek to me now)
Take Aim: mathematics
PFT #83 for 3/24/19
Here are some new Mathematics titles that have been purchased over the past couple of months. Place your cursor over an item's cover to see more information. Click on the Check availability link to see if the item is available in the Library's online catalog.
Connecting Queens' College in Cambridge.
I posted this early access for my Patreon patrons a week ago.
Here are some new mathematics titles that have been purchased over the past couple of months. Place your cursor over a book's cover to receive more information. Click on the "Check for availability" link in the note to see a book's status in the Library's online catalog.
Here are some new mathematics titles that have been purchased over the past couple of months. Place your cursor over a book's cover to receive more information. Click on the "Check for availability" link in the note to see a book's status in the Library's online catalog.
After playing round with the colour balance of this shot of the Mathematical Bridge I decided to convert it to b&w, I quite like it.
Oxford Road and the Mathematics Tower at University of Manchester in 1984. The Tower was designed by architecture firm Scherrer and Hicks. The building has since been demolished, along with the lectures halls next to the tower.
For information on the Maths Tower, see the entry on the Manchester history site Gone Forever.
A quick illustration of Fin from Cartoon Networks new show Adventure Time. Done using Illustrator and Photoshop.
Der Zwinger ist ein Gebäudekomplex mit Gartenanlagen in Dresden. Das unter der Leitung des Architekten Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann und des Bildhauers Balthasar Permoser errichtete Gesamtkunstwerk aus Architektur, Plastik und Malerei gehört zu den bedeutenden Bauwerken des Barocks und ist neben der Frauenkirche das bekannteste Baudenkmal Dresdens. Sein Name Zwinger geht auf die im Mittelalter übliche Bezeichnung für einen Festungsteil zwischen der äußeren und inneren Festungsmauer zurück, obschon der Zwinger bereits bei Baubeginn keine dem Namen entsprechende Funktion mehr erfüllte.
Der Zwinger entstand ab 1709 als Orangerie und Garten sowie als repräsentatives Festareal. Seine reich verzierten Pavillons und die von Balustraden, Figuren und Vasen gesäumten Galerien zeugen von der Prachtentfaltung während der Regentschaft des Kurfürsten Friedrich August I. (auch „August der Starke“ genannt) und seines dadurch ausgedrückten Machtanspruchs. In der ursprünglichen Konzeption des Kurfürsten war der Zwinger als Vorhof eines neuen Schlosses vorgesehen, das den Platz bis zur Elbe einnehmen sollte; daher blieb der Zwinger zur Elbseite hin zunächst unbebaut (provisorisch mit einer Mauer abgeschlossen). Die Planungen zu einem Schlossneubau wurden nach dem Tod August des Starken aufgegeben, und mit der Abkehr vom Barock verlor der Zwinger zunächst an Bedeutung. Erst über ein Jahrhundert später schloss ihn der Architekt Gottfried Semper mit der Sempergalerie zur Elbe hin ab.
Die 1855 eröffnete Sempergalerie war eines der wichtigsten deutschen Museumsprojekte des 19. Jahrhunderts und ermöglichte die Ausweitung der seit dem 18. Jahrhundert unter den jeweiligen Zeiteinflüssen gewachsenen Nutzung des Zwingers als Museumskomplex. Die Luftangriffe auf Dresden am 13. und 14. Februar 1945 trafen den Zwinger schwer und führten zu umfangreichen Zerstörungen. Seit dem Wiederaufbau in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren beherbergt der Zwinger die Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, den Mathematisch-Physikalischen Salon und die Porzellansammlung. Die ursprüngliche Zweckbestimmung als Orangerie, Garten sowie als repräsentatives Festareal ist dabei zwar in den Hintergrund getreten; letztere wird mit der Aufführung von Musik- und Theaterveranstaltungen jedoch weiterhin gepflegt.
(Wikipedia.de)
The Zwinger is a building complex with gardens in Dresden. Built under the direction of the architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann and the sculptor Balthasar Permoser, the Gesamtkunstwerk of architecture, sculpture and painting is one of the most important buildings of the baroque period and, along with Our Lady's Church, is the most famous architectural monument in Dresden. Its name Zwinger comes from the term used in the Middle Ages for a part of the fortress between the outer and inner fortification walls, although the Zwinger no longer fulfilled a function corresponding to its name when construction began.
The Zwinger was built from 1709 onwards as an orangery and garden and as a representative festival area. Its richly decorated pavilions and the galleries lined with balustrades, figures and vases bear witness to the splendour of the reign of Elector Frederick August I (also known as "August the Strong") and his claim to power. In the elector's original concept, the Zwinger was intended as the forecourt of a new palace, which was to occupy the square up to the Elbe; for this reason, the Zwinger remained undeveloped towards the Elbe side for the time being (provisionally closed off with a wall). The plans for a new palace were abandoned after the death of Augustus the Strong, and with the turning away from the Baroque, the Zwinger initially lost its importance. It was not until over a century later that the architect Gottfried Semper completed it with the Semper Gallery facing the Elbe.
Opened in 1855, the Semper Gallery was one of the most important German museum projects of the 19th century and enabled the extension of the use of the Zwinger as a museum complex, which had grown under the influence of the respective periods since the 18th century. The air raids on Dresden on 13 and 14 February 1945 hit the Zwinger hard and caused extensive destruction. Since its reconstruction in the 1950s and 1960s, the Zwinger has housed the Old Masters Picture Gallery, the Mathematical-Physical Salon and the Porcelain Collection. Although the original purpose of the Zwinger as an orangery, garden and representative festival area has been relegated to the background, the latter is still maintained with the performance of musical and theatre events.
(Wikipedia.de)
For once I got a good idea and could work it out completely. In this case a way of estimating the likeliehood that politician A has influenced politician B.
I didn't have time to go take a photo specifically for this week's active assignment weekly assignment: enjoy the silence, but I took this photo for a talk I'm giving and it reminded me enough of silent studying that I thought perhaps it was worth submitting.
I know, for a lot of people, a mathematics textbook isn't about enjoying the silence, but it was for me. I was bored and very disappointed in first year university when the subject I thought I wanted to study turned out to be... uninspiring. I switched into math, and suddenly I was being offered courses that were challenging enough that it was worth some silent study. So that's why this fit the assignment for me.
Vicksburg, Mississippi est. 1825, pop. (2013) 23,542 • MS Delta
Marker: John H. Forney
Major General C.S.A.
Commanding Second District
Vicksburg May 4 - July 4, 1863
U.S. Military Academy 1848-1852
1st Lieut. 10th Inf. U.S.A. August 25, 1855
Commanding Pioneer Corps
With General Albert Sidney Johnson
in Utah Campaign 1857
Instructor In Military Tactics And
Mathematics U.S. Military Academy 1860
Resigned U.S. Army January 23, 1861
Confederate States Army
Colonel 10th Ala. Inf. June 4, 1861
Brig. General C.S.A. March 10, 1862
Major General C.S.A. October 27, 1863
• Major General John Horace Forney (1829-1902) • born Lincolnton, NC • French Huguenot ancestry • grandson of Revolutionary War general Peter Forney (1756-1834) • during childhood, moved with his family to Jacksonville, Alabama, 1835 • was graduated 22nd in class of 1852, U.S. Military Academy • 1st lieutenant, U.S. 10th Infantry Regiment • paricipated in the Mormon Campaign, 1857-58 • Assistant Instructor of Infantry Tactics, West Point, 1860
• resigned his commission, 23 Jan., 1861 • entered Confederate Army [photo] • colonel, 10th Alabama Infantry, Army of the Shenandoah • took command of the 5th Brigade & other Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley 21 June, 1861 • fought at Manassas (Bull Run):
—How Forney Saved the Day at Manassas —W. W. Draper, Major, 10th Alabama Regt.
“Early in July, l86l, we were sent from our rendezvous at Richmond to Strasburg, Va., where we debarked and marched to Winchester to confront General McDowell. In line of battle we received orders to make a forced march across the Blue Ridge to join Beauregard at Bull Run. We were green, raw troops, fat and full, numbering as a regiment about 1,100 officers and men. Colonel Forney, whom we thought then a heartless and cruel commander, would make us pull off our shoes and socks, roll up our breeches, and wade those cold mountain streams. We saw the wisdom of this later…” read on
• Forney was wounded at the Battle of Dranesville, VA • promoted to major general 27 October, 1862, becoming one of the five Confederate generals in his family • between battles & still recovering from his wounds, he attended to personal business:
"I met this young woman when on a cadet furlough in 1850, and kept up the approaches for 13 years, when the citadel finally yielded to a wounded Confederate soldier. "
• General Forney married Septima Sexta Middleton Rutledge (1836-1920) [photo], great-granddaughter of both Arthur Middleton & Edward Rutledge, signatories of the 1776 U.S. Declaration of Independence • her grandmother, also named Septima Sexta Middleton Rutledge (1783-1865), lived with husband/1st cousin Henry Middleton Rutledge at the 73,000 acre Chilhowee Plantation, Franklin Co., TN • entertained luminaries such as Sam Houston, U.S. Presidents Jackson & Polk & (it is said) the Marquis de Lafayette at their Nashville mansion, Rose Hill
• the name "Septima Sexta" was derived from Roman personal names which together can be interpreted as "76," an homage U.S. independence, but the name was actually dreamed up to represent 7th child/6th daughter
• at Vicksburg, Gen. Forney led a division of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, & Texas troops • became part of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's army • held the center of Pemberton's line of defensive trenches & earthworks • successfully repulsed Union forces on 19 and 22 May, 1863
• taken prisoner after the fall of Vicksburg • paroled 13 July, 1863 • took leave to spend time with his family • exchanged in Oct. • oversaw the parole & exchange of troops in Mississippi, Nov. 1863 - July 1864 • commanded a division under General E. Kirby Smith in Louisiana through 1864 • commander of the District of Texas, March, 1865 • after Confederate surrender, Gen. Forney was paroled in Galveston, Texas, 20 June • arrived home, 4 July, 1865
• postwar, he tried farming, operated a small military academy in Jacksonville, AL & worked as a surveyor & civil engineer • died at the Jacksonville home where he was raised • daughter Annie Rowan Forney Daugette (1876-1974) was an author & historian, designer of the Seal of Alabama and 1978 inductee into the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame
• monument cost paid for by donations • sculpted, 1951, by German-born American poet/artist Steffen Thomas (1906-1990) • Steffen Thomas Museum of Art, Buckhead, GA
• Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the site of the American Civil War Battle of Vicksburg (1863) • the 47-day Union siege ended in the Confederate surrender of the city • victory here & at Port Hudson, LA, gave the Union control of the Mississippi River • park includes 1,325 historic monuments & markers, 20 miles (32 km) of Civil War era trenches & earthworks, 144 cannons & the USS Cairo, a restored gunboat... read on
• originally established in 1899 • 5th national military park under the control of the U.S. War Department • ownership transferred to the U.S. Department of the Interior & the National Park Service, 1933 • 8th oldest National Park • Facebook
• Vicksburg's State Memorials • the military leaders of the Battle of Vicksburg [photos]
• National Register # 66000100, 1966