Noam Elkies
Noam David Elkies is a professor of mathematics at Harvard University.
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[edit]- One does not have to have experience raising children through school, dealing with family tragedies, and so forth, to be able to find three numbers whose fourth powers add up to another one.
- One of the things about math and chess is that we’re better at doing it than philosophizing about it.
- Chess with Blitzstein & Elkies: The Pawn is Mightier than the Sword. The Harvard Crimson (November 21, 2013).
Quotes about Noam Elkies
[edit]- Indeed, Elkies admits he can improvise fugues, "at least on reasonable themes in a slow enough tempo."
- Among students and faculty alike, any mention of his name is usually accompanied by a quick glance around, a devious smile, and hunched-over, half-whispered anecdotes about the man.
- Fifteen Minutes: Gnoshin' with Noam. The Harvard Crimson (April 20, 2000).
- Noam is unlike anyone we've ever had.
- Music + Math: A Common Equation?. The Harvard Crimson (November 30, 1988).