ICMS “Isoperimetric Problems…” 19-22 March 2012 Edinburgh
ICMS workshop on “Isoperimetric problems, space filling, and soap bubble geometry” in Edinburgh, Scotland, March 19-22, 2012, described in my Huffington Post blog on “Soap Bubbles in Scotland”;...
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After the week-long soap bubble conference in Scotland, I spent the rest of spring break in my hometown, visiting my mom and enjoying the arrival of spring, exemplified by the pink blossoms of the...
View ArticleRoyal Caribbean Bridge with Larry Cohen and Jeff Meckstroth
Here’s an interesting hand from a Royal Caribbean regional bridge tournament cruise (with 6000 passengers and 2000 staff on the Allure of the Seas) with Larry Cohen in December, 2012. After my partner...
View ArticleHazel’s Bridge Club in Toronto
When I was at the Field’s Institute in Toronto on sabbatical in the fall of 2010, I played duplicate bridge with 25 different partners. Here’s an interesting hand from Hazel’s Bridge Club on September...
View ArticleWilliams at Collegiate Bridge Tournament
Collegiate Qualifying Bridge Tournament Guest post by Neeko Gardner, Caroline Atwood, Paul Friedrich, Llewellyn Smith On Saturday, February 16th, the recently formed Williams College bridge team...
View ArticleBeautiful Sunday in Williamstown
This beautiful Sunday in Williamstown began with a bike ride to the celebration of Alpaca Day at Sweet Brook Farm. Then Fall Festival at Hopkins Forest, including homemade cider and apple butter,...
View ArticleBridge in Allentown
Played bridge with my friend Bettie McLean at her Brookside Country Club game (1 April 2014). On the final board I played 6N: S A2 H AQT6 D KJ5 C KJ63 S QJ9 S T876 H J7543 H 83 D...
View ArticleWilliams: Inclusive or Exclusive?
Which quote embodies the best of Williams? 1. “We are so fortunate and proud to be part of this exceptional group of brilliant and interesting faculty and students, the likes of which you’ll find...
View ArticleDale Hoffman on Community College Students
When speaking at the 2015 Washington Two-Year Mathematics Conference at Campbell’s Resort, Lake Chelan, I met many wonderful people, including Dale Hoffman of Bellevue College (formerly Bellevue...
View ArticleMore Solutions to Fermat with Fractional Exponents
Nicola Marino has offered to post the following preprint: Irrational Exponents in Fermat’s Last Theorem. The n > 2 case. by Nicola Marino In this paper we find explicit irrational exponents greater...
View ArticleWorking at Home Depot
A guest post by Donna Kalinowsky. I teach mathematics as an adjunct instructor at Berkshire Community College (BCC) in Massachusetts, which is one of a handful of states that does not allow its...
View ArticleBridge in Buenos Aires
Got to fill in at last minute with Director Marcelo de Carlo at the Recoleta Bridge Club in Buenos Aires 3:30 pm Monday September 4, 2016. On the pictured Hand 2, East on my right opened 1S, I bid 2S...
View ArticleBack in Granada
Back in Granada on my way to Alicante, staying once again at university residence Carmen de la Victoria, I revisited the site of a 13-year-old diary entry, dated June 15, 2003: A dusty pedestrian road...
View ArticleRetirement Book
Heartfelt thanks to Brooks Foehl/Alumni Office and especially to my students for their kind remembrances upon my retirement:
View ArticleThe Life of an Adjunct
Guest post by Donna Kalinowsky Dear Community College President, Perhaps you do not know what life is like for an adjunct. When I started here in 1992 or so, I made about $9000 per year. Even then,...
View ArticleAmazing AMS spring sectional in Pullman WA
I just attended an amazing constellation of events around the AMS spring sectional meeting Saturday/Sunday April 22-23, 2017, in Pullman, Washington, organized by Kevin Vixie of Washington State...
View ArticleA Squeeze at the Penultimate Trump
On the pictured hand 13 at the Pembury Bridge Club in Pittsfield MA on Wednesday June 14, 2017, as East I made 3S, losing a trick in each suit. After ducking the heart lead and winning the...
View Article6S at the Toronto Bridge Club
On July 17, 2017, at the Toronto Bridge Club, my partner Paul Selick and I got to 6S by me in the East. After South played HJ on the second Heart, which I ruffed in dummy, I played for a 3-3 Heart...
View ArticleIs Making 6N Better Than Making 7N?
Playing at the Bethlehem Bridge Club with Frank Kuebler November 20, 2017, I was North in 6N. It’s 100% on the diamond lead if you’re careful. You can’t go to the board with the Heart Ace to take the...
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