Comments on: General news — December 2007 http://gowers.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/general-news-december-2007/ Mathematics related discussions Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:47:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: topologicalmusings http://gowers.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/general-news-december-2007/#comment-871 topologicalmusings Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:47:25 +0000 http://gowers.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/general-news-december-2007/#comment-871 Congrats on achieving a personal "milestone"! :-) And, I am very glad and relieved to know you are just "hibernating" for now. I look forward to your posts as well as the publication of the PCM in 2008. Congrats on achieving a personal “milestone”! :-)

And, I am very glad and relieved to know you are just “hibernating” for now. I look forward to your posts as well as the publication of the PCM in 2008.

]]> By: john http://gowers.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/general-news-december-2007/#comment-848 john Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:50:08 +0000 http://gowers.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/general-news-december-2007/#comment-848 Tim, I hope this is not too personal but I'm assuming your wife is a non mathematician in which case on a day to day basis do you ever talk much about mathematics? and do your children show an interest at all in maths? Tim,

I hope this is not too personal but I’m assuming your wife is a non mathematician in which case on a day to day basis do you ever talk much about mathematics?

and do your children show an interest at all in maths?

]]> By: gowers http://gowers.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/general-news-december-2007/#comment-838 gowers Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:19:44 +0000 http://gowers.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/general-news-december-2007/#comment-838 I'd say the Tricki should make a start possibly as early as January, while the Princeton Companion will be out, if all goes well, round about next autumn. There's quite a lot of uncertainty about both of these -- I'd describe them as lower bounds with a reasonably high probability of being attained. I’d say the Tricki should make a start possibly as early as January, while the Princeton Companion will be out, if all goes well, round about next autumn. There’s quite a lot of uncertainty about both of these — I’d describe them as lower bounds with a reasonably high probability of being attained.

]]> By: isallaboutmath http://gowers.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/general-news-december-2007/#comment-833 isallaboutmath Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:46:12 +0000 http://gowers.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/general-news-december-2007/#comment-833 Tim Do you mind me asking. What is the time frame for the Princeton Companion and also the Tricki? Tim
Do you mind me asking. What is the time frame for the Princeton Companion and also the Tricki?

]]> By: Toby Gee http://gowers.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/general-news-december-2007/#comment-826 Toby Gee Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:53:11 +0000 http://gowers.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/general-news-december-2007/#comment-826 Congratulations! Congratulations!

]]> By: Terence Tao http://gowers.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/general-news-december-2007/#comment-820 Terence Tao Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:11:42 +0000 http://gowers.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/general-news-december-2007/#comment-820 Congratulations Tim! I'll look forward to more news on the the Companion and to the Tricki next year, then. And to see the baby the next time I swing by Cambridge, of course :-) Congratulations Tim! I’ll look forward to more news on the the Companion and to the Tricki next year, then. And to see the baby the next time I swing by Cambridge, of course :-)

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