tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post4869521360494978396..comments2023-11-02T19:19:15.129+05:30Comments on Death Ends Fun: Fermat and an awardDilip D'Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-20994315977828116122007-07-06T07:23:00.000+05:302007-07-06T07:23:00.000+05:30His advisor seems to be Henry McKean, Jr. and a s...His advisor seems to be Henry McKean, Jr. and a student of his is Professor Alladi Sitaram, now at ISI, Bangalore Centre. See http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/html/id.phtml?id=28304gaddeswaruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-32254866079391496492007-07-06T03:57:00.000+05:302007-07-06T03:57:00.000+05:30Great gent! His writings on music on RMIC are very...Great gent! His writings on music on RMIC are very famous. <BR/><BR/>Also, he was mentioned in Sylvia Nasser's 'A Beautiful Mind'. His Ph.D guide was Nash, if I recall correctly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710148589378513567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-27998668824722327272007-07-06T03:56:00.000+05:302007-07-06T03:56:00.000+05:30Dilip,If you have not already seen this, You may e...Dilip,<BR/>If you have not already seen this, You may enjoy:<BR/>http://www.pps.k12.or.us/depts-c/mc-me/be-as-ma.pdf<BR/>I remember seeing him in the late 60's in Bombay, one handed but very elegant.gaddeswaruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-23776075771189906302007-07-05T10:31:00.000+05:302007-07-05T10:31:00.000+05:30did you finallyfigure out why no positive integer ...<I>did you finallyfigure out why no positive integer larger than 2 is a prime</I>?<BR/><BR/>That's right! So many positive integers greater than 2 -- like 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 101 -- are not prime! What a travesty!Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-59783163611314010342007-07-05T06:03:00.000+05:302007-07-05T06:03:00.000+05:30So did you finallyfigure out why no positive int...So did you finallyfigure out why no positive integer larger than 2 is a prime?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com