Talk:Ian Stewart (mathematician)

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"His father's position as a messenger at a bank afforded a modest lifestyle for the family, but not one that would normally be expected to lead to the lofty heights Stewart has achieved." - Yuk, yuk, yuk! If this WASN'T written by Professor Stewart himself it's in pretty bad taste. Back at the time he attended studying at Churchill was free anyway, so it's not as if his academic achievment was linked either one way or the other to his background and what's more it seems pretty sickening phrasing, no? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.10.139.171 (talk • contribs) 14 Sept 2006.

Agreed. Fancy a go at some copy editing? --Salix alba (talk) 20:17, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It was by User:Robert_P._O'Shea. Yes needs fixing.Billlion

I sent an email to Prof. Stewart requesting permission to use a picture of him (his work email is on his university webpage). DiderotWasRight (talk) 04:17, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, permission for use of a picture secured. Prof. Stewart emailed me back within 12 hours--what a lovely guy.--DiderotWasRight (talk) 21:22, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quality improvement project - Lie-to-children[edit]

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thought experiment Hyperwebster[edit]

[ Dr. Ian Stewart] ... devised this simple-yet-not-so-simple “dictionary” experiment as a response to the more famous line paradox in which there is an infinite number of points on a straight line. Stewart, thinking of another way to visualize this line thing, decided to use an infinite “dictionary.” Like any English dictionary, it is based on the 26 letters of the English alphabet, beginning, shockingly, with A. But unlike a normal dictionary, instead of being composed only of “real” words (cat, dog, snorkel, hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, etc),2 the Hyperwebster is made up of every possible arrangement of letters and no punctuation or spaces. As the great majority of the words are useless gibberish, the dictionary does not include definitions https://www.latg.org/2018/06/09/hyperwebster#.XFJM8irQjIU http://uneedtonoparadox.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-hyperwebster-dictionary.html http://ravi-bhide.blogspot.com/2011/07/hyperwebster-uncountable-dictionary.html

Not sure if he is the one, but if he is it would be good addition to the article. 213.149.62.238 (talk) 01:23, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it is him. It's from the Banach-Tarski chapter in From Here to Infinity. Double sharp (talk) 15:45, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]