From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/8494 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matias M Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: Our friend Bob Walters Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 20:57:55 +0300 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Matias M NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1422990522 15693 80.91.229.3 (3 Feb 2015 19:08:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 19:08:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: categories@mta.ca To: wlawvere Original-X-From: majordomo@mlist.mta.ca Tue Feb 03 20:08:40 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from smtp3.mta.ca ([138.73.1.127]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YIiq0-0001w9-2J for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2015 20:08:40 +0100 Original-Received: from mlist.mta.ca ([138.73.1.63]:37366) by smtp3.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YIioK-0000NK-PP; Tue, 03 Feb 2015 15:06:56 -0400 Original-Received: from majordomo by mlist.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YIioK-0006zR-8B for categories-list@mlist.mta.ca; Tue, 03 Feb 2015 15:06:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:8494 Archived-At: I visited Bob and his family just before ct2014 and he was strong and happy, so it is a very sad surprise that he had to go. Others have already said a few words about his mathematical legacy. I would like to emphasize his kind and joyous personality. It was a pleasure to work under his direction with Nicoletta, and it was incredibly entertaining to share a conversation with them and Aurelio (with whom Bob shared a witty symbiosis). Bob also shared with Aurelio the worries that Marta mentioned in her email. Some of them are clearly and politely expressed in his blog, together with many other interesting thoughts and information. I will miss him a lot. M. Menni. [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]