[FRIAM] from 5/15 virtual FRIAM

[Frank Wimberly]

On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 10:26 AM Jon Zingale <jonzingale at gmail.com> wrote:

> Frank,
>
> Thank you for your response. As a variant of your statement
> about mathematics and god, Paul Erdos believed in *the book. *He
> believed that the book was were god kept all of his most elegant
> proofs of theorems. He would say to his collaborators, 'Yes, that
> is a *proof*, but now let's look for the *book* *proof*'. He would also
> say,
> 'You don't have to believe in god, but you *must* believe in the book.'
>
> I miss the conversations that I would have with Reuben on the train
> to Albuquerque. It was really great to hear his thoughts on Lakotos,
> Ukrainian mathematics, Rota, Erdos and Stillwell. We would walk
> up central when he didn't want to wait for a bus. He would lecture
> in Jens Lorenz's PDE class. The thai restaurant he liked appears to
> be closed now. We would catch the train home to Santa Fe and Vera
> would be waiting for him at the bus stop. What a tremendous love
> they shared. Reuben's thoughts on mathematics and humanity have
> left an indelible mark on my thinking.
>
> Jon
>
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