[Dixielandjazz] Math

[Peter Sr. De Bruyn]

You do need a strong mathematical mind to master the trombone !
And the Sousaphone !

Peter De Bruyn Sr
Trombone/leader DSJB
MD/Aggr.GP/CRA
Graduate Latin/Maths


2006/8/30, Gary Kiser <gary at kiser.org>:
>
> Wow, I didn't think ANYONE without a scientific calculator attached to
> his/her belt has ever heard of the Fields Medal  But, you Jim, actually
> played for the big event.  I have a math degree from UCLA so you know
> this year's event is big for my Alma Mater.
>
> Briefly, Grigory Perelman solved the century old Poincaré Conjecture
> which is about solids modeling.  Mr. Perelman, a very reclusive Russian,
> turned down the Fields Medal -- offered by the International Congress of
> Mathematicians every four years -- which was not the first award he
> shunned.  He also turned down the $1 million award offered by the Cray
> Mathematics Foundation to the first person to prove the Poincaré
> Conjecture.
>
> Among the other winners this year is Australian Terence Tao, a professor
> at UCLA, who at 31 is one of the youngest people to ever win the medal.
> Tao has studied applications of prime numbers that has led to the
> simplification of equations of Einstein's theory of general relativity
> and equations of quantum mathematics.
>
> With your permission (too late), I will send your post to my fellow
> Bruin math geeks that rejoiced the honor Professor Tao bestowed on UCLA.
>
> Music content: M. Perelman has proved that a tuba cannot be modeled by a
> sphere.  I'm thinking this through, but the only 'instrument' that can
> be modeled by a sphere is a drum stick.  Ah, a thimble can too.
>
> All the best, Gary
>
>
> Jim Kashishian wrote:
>
> >We played a cocktail for a large group that spend their days fiddling
> with
> >numbers last nite.  The world's cleverest math people get together every
> >four years, and it was Madrid this year.  Weird gig with about 1000
> people
> >hanging around a few tables with cocktails in hand, plus a handful of
> people
> >dancing.  It was in a botanical garden, and the dancefloor was dusty
> dirt,
> >which rose to the heavens as the dancers heated up.
> >
> >We had our own problem with some of those smoke machines light guys love
> to
> >put on stage.  Had to finally give the order (point towards the things &
> run
> >my finger across my throat) to have them cut off altogether.
> >
> >That, and an evening of above 90 F heat, made for an interesting gig.
> >Didn't last too long (1.5 hrs), and was extremely well paid, so can't
> >complain too much.
> >
> >Apparently some Russian turned down his award, plus 1 million
> bucks!  Could
> >have given it to the needy...like the musicians present!     :>
> >
> >Jim
> >
>
>
>
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