Category Archives: Art

Updates, Boolean Functions Conference, and a Surprising Application to Polytope Theory

The Debate continues The debate between Aram Harrow and me on Godel Lost letter and P=NP (GLL) regarding quantum fault tolerance continues. The first post entitled Perpetual  motions of the 21th century featured mainly my work, with a short response by Aram. … Continue reading

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Rodica Simion: Immigrant Complex

Rodica Simion immigrated to the United States from Romania. She was a Professor of Mathematices at George Washington University untill her untimely death on January 7, 2000. Her poem  “Immigrant complex” appeared in : “Against Infinity”, An Anthology of Contemporary … Continue reading

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More Art: Tami’s Autoportrait

  And in my office, there is a beautiful autoportrait by my sister Tamar Kalai. (Click for a deatiled picture.)  

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Our Department’s Quilt

Academic administation is a topic of great interest that desrves a special post. The highest post I served was as the department chair, and one thing I did was to acquire for the department a quilt by the artist Anna Maria … Continue reading

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