I was very courteously asked about whether it's OK to forward my recent post (below, with one more fact added). The answer is Sure! EXCEPT for one thing: Please do *not* include my name or e-address!!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Which brings to mind the following, mainly to Rich: Question: Does math-fun have a default guideline about forwarding a post, or is it currently on a case-by-case basis? Thanks, Dan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- original post follows: The article in the New Yorker by Sylvia Nasar and David Gruber < http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060828fa_fact2 > is apparently not the last word on the subject. Lawyers have now sent an 12-page letter < http://www.doctoryau.com/9.18.06.pdf > purporting to rebut a number of things cited in the article as fact. A blogger, Mark Liberman, Prof. in the U Penn CS and Linguistics depts. (with Erdos number = 3) posted the following comment: < http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003608.html#more >.