From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/3609 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steve Vickers Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Max Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:44:38 +0000 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241019408 9466 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:36:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:36:48 +0000 (UTC) To: categories@mta.ca Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Thu Feb 1 16:48:29 2007 -0400 Return-path: Envelope-to: categories-list@mta.ca Delivery-date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:48:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1HCiiX-0001yT-Fz for categories-list@mta.ca; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:39:37 -0400 Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 1 Original-Lines: 8 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:3609 Archived-At: I only met Max a couple of times, but I vividly remember a particular phrase of his. He would ask, "What's the deal?", and that was a prelude to cutting right through to the mathematical essence of an argument. The phrase has stayed with me ever since. Steve Vickers.