Re: additions

["Fred E.J. Linton" <fejlinton@usa.net>]

Responding to my tale of Sammy's having waved me away with his 

"Measure theory? That's analysis, isn't it? Go ask an analyst."

Michael Barr quite correctly remembered, in a private email, 

"But you did ask an analyst, as I recall. Lorch was your advisor."

True. But only after Sammy's "rejection," on the grounds given,
and Dick Kadison's subsequent rebuff after I approached him: 

"Measure Theory? Integration? That's Functional Analysis. 
I do Operator Theory. Go find a functional analyst."
 
Edgar Raymond Lorch was rather more ... umm ... open-minded :-) .

Though at one point, after I handed him the nth installment of my 
draft thesis to peruse, he did echo the words of Jesus, on the cross, 
when he was given a cup of vinegar to quench his thirst:

"Oh, Lord, must I drink of this?"

Cheers, -- FEJ Linton




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