Glass-and-Sand

Futile musings of an old ghost

Tag: Lagrange

  • Lagrangian Mathematics in Astrophysics: Paul’s Journey 128

    Lagrangian Mathematics in Astrophysics: Paul’s Journey 128

    Paul, a Ph.D. student, is mentored by Magda, a mathematics professor specializing in Lagrangian mathematics. They discuss his thesis revisions while he contemplates a break and his interest in a second thesis, which may lack funding. After their meeting, Paul reflects on his family before heading back home.

  • Old Newton

    Old Newton

    It took me a long time to understand who you were, and how it was that you came to us now, reminding me of a nearly all but forgotten past. Sarah and you are becoming one, even if she did not see that, when you first came into our lives. It is a complicated tale…