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Math-hattan: How math lovers see the City

• profquail 17y ago
  I'll be honest...I was thinking it was going to be an article about the Manhattan norm (a.k.a. the Taxicab norm) at first: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_%28mathematics%29#Taxicab_norm_or_Manhattan_norm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_%28mathematics%29#Taxicab_...
• elduderino 17y ago
  Is this only a one page article?
  • elduderino 17y ago
    Instead of downvoting me can someone answer? Im not sure if i should be looking for more pages as it is a very short article.
    • iamwil 17y ago
      It's a short article.
  • bravura 17y ago
    "Talk of the Town" articles in the New Yorker are typically this short.
• wglb 17y ago
  I think a math museum is a great idea, but Mr Whitney seems to be represented as being just a little OCD.
• madcaptenor 17y ago
  Why does this article have to open with that fake "equation"? I'm glad to hear the museum project is coming along, though.