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18.311 - the last of Steven Strogatz
ryanb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ryanb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon May 16 17:33:40 1994
He's going to Cornell next year, because they're giving him tenure 2 years
early, so this compilation is the last we're likely to hear from a man who's
made this list often in the past:
2/18: "This is the place where a textbook writer should be getting
emotional... it's really important to understand how upsetting
this is! So we solve this, with tears in our eyes..."
(on artificial resonant terms in perturbation theory)
3/11: "In keeping with the general applied math spirit, I won't prove
much - and we're proud of it!"
(a very appropriate day for such a remark :)
4/20: "I could take off my belt, but I don't want anyone to get
too excited."
(trying to find a way to draw a helix)
4/22: "CalTech is a nice place - I don't know if you've ever been there -
but I think we've got them beat. It's much more fun around here."
