X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,2500deeef7754602
X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public
From: Benjamin_Elgin@hmc.edu (Benjamin C. Elgin)
Subject: Talk: "The Dot and the Line"
Date: 1995/04/28
Message-ID: <3nrba1$h9m@gagme.wwa.com>#1/1
X-Deja-AN: 101718570
approved: boba@wwa.com
sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com
references: <3noldh$8ng@gagme.wwa.com>
organization: Harvey Mudd College
newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii


In article <3noldh$8ng@gagme.wwa.com>, shinilh@cs.buffalo.edu (Shinil
Hong) wrote:

> A friend of mine told me this story some time ago.  It is a children's
> story written by a mathematician.  (I forget his name.)
> 
> If anybody out there can *improve the art* and re-post it, I would really
> appreciate it.  ;)
> 
> 
> Once upon a time, there was a Straight Line and a Dot.

I have the book your friend got this from at home.  It's called "The Dot
and the Line"; i can't remember the name of the mathematician who wrote it
(although I remember it was dedicated to Euler).  Anyways, if people are
interested I could probably draw/write up something closer to the original
version, but it would have to wait until I get home for the summer, after
May 16.
It has a lot more cool geometry bits in the part where the line shows off
his new skills...

>   Shinil Hong
>   State Univ. of New York at Buffalo            shinilh@cs.buffalo.edu
>   M.I.S. / C.S.                                 v130rt4p@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu


-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+
Ben Elgin         Benjamin_Elgin@hmc.edu           KUMQUAT!
Harvey Mudd College;  East 116, x4855          Lum & Skuld!
The opinions above are mine! All mine! You can't have them!
-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+
"listen:there's a hell of a good universe next door;let's go"

-- 
-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+
Ben Elgin         Benjamin_Elgin@hmc.edu           KUMQUAT!
Harvey Mudd College;  East 116, x4855          Lum & Skuld!
[ O[UY] Of++ Os++ OY- !!Ov O.++ O#>+ OM>+ Od-(15) Oc++(-) ]
The opinions above are mine! All mine! You can't have them!
-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+
"listen:there's a hell of a good universe next door;let's go"