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Lewis Carroll, an Oxford Don with a double first degree, was such an interesting person, right from his study [0] of geometry, algebra [1], to his incessant wo
by srean 5mo ago
Lewis Carroll, an Oxford Don with a double first degree, was such an interesting person, right from his study [0] of geometry, algebra [1], to his incessant word play and pioneering forays in the then new field of photography.
Anyone interested in this ought to read Martin Gardner's book Annotated Alice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Annotated_Alice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Annotated_Alice
Let me add a few links that might be interesting:
Real Life Adventures of an Oxford Don https://www.csmonitor.com/1995/1120/20122.html https://www.csmonitor.com/1995/1120/20122.html
In the Shadow of the Dreamchild https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Dreamchild https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Dreamchil...
How Lewis Carroll computed determinants
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2023/07/10/lewis-carroll-determinants/ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2023/07/10/lewis-carroll-dete...
Condensation of Determinants, Being a New
and Brief Method for Computing their Arithmetical Values https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37354/37354-pdf.pdf https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37354/37354-pdf.pdf (cited by John D Cook in his article)
[0] Lewis Carroll's Mathematical works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll#Mathematical_work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll#Mathematical_wor...
[1] Dodgson condensation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgson_condensation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgson_condensation
- apetresc 5mo agoOne of your favourite “real characters”? Do you just mean… people? Or does this mean something else I’m missing?
- srean 5mo agoI meant people. Let me correct it. He was quite a character too, although with sad undertones. I doubt he ever felt understood. EDIT: please don't downvote parent comment. He pointed out a grammatical error in my previous comment that I have now edited.