Tag Archives: Branko Grunbaum

Ricky and Branko

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Gil Kalai

Two dear friends, and great geometers, Ricky Pollack and Branko Grünbaum  passed away a few weeks ago. Ricky was a close friend that both Mazi my wife and I loved, and we were both fascinated by his wisdom, charm and … Continue reading →

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My Copy of Branko Grünbaum’s Convex Polytopes

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Gil Kalai

Branko Grünbaum is my academic grandfather (see this highly entertaining post for a picture representing five academic generations). Gunter Ziegler just wrote a beautiful article in the Notices of the AMS on Branko Grunbaum’s  classic book “Convex Polytopes”, so this … Continue reading →

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The World of Michael Burt: When Architecture, Mathematics, and Art meet.

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Gil Kalai

  This remarkable 3D geometric object tiles space! It is related to a theory of “spacial networks” extensively studied by Michael Burt and a few of his students. The network associated to this object is described in the picture below. … Continue reading →

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Budapest, Seattle, New Haven

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Gil Kalai

Here we continue the previous post on Summer 2010 events in Reverse chronological order. Happy birthday Srac In the first week of August we celebrated Endre Szemeredi’s birthday. This was a very impressive conference. Panni, Endre’s wife, assisted by her … Continue reading →

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