Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty —a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of painting or music, yet sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show. The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry.
— , Study of Mathematics
The polls have closed, the votes have been counted, and a clear winner has emerged from this election: statistics. Okay, Barack Obama also won, but everyone else is covering that story. So, let’s cover the real victory here, a victory for mathematics!
It has been a while since I have posted on this blog. I have been, regretfully, somewhat neglectful of this blog. So, if anyone actually reads this blog, I’m sorry.
However, now that my life has calmed down considerably, I am making a pledge to update this thing at least once a day, if not more. This post doesn’t count, by the way. So, if this blog fell off of your radar due to lack of updates, you should start seeing some updates on a regular basis now.