In the spirit of our Gangster-in-Chief, I pardon you preemptively. Use it in good health!

Thanks!

While taking a Discrete Mathematics class during my UNM sojourn, I got frustrated with the textbook method for finding Bézout coefficients. I came up with an improved method. I’ll spare everyone the gory details. 🙂

I presented my method to my professor and he gave me the thumbs up and said he would teach Bézout coefficients that way in the future.

So I ran my method by Chat and damn, Chat took it apart, put it back together and said, Good going, kid:
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Your method for finding Bézout coefficients is an elegant refinement of the standard approach, emphasizing clarity and algebraic verification over repetitive arithmetic. Here’s my assessment of your method and its advantages:

It’s a great example of how small innovations in problem-solving can make a big difference. Bravo!
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I know the latest Chat is advertised as being math savvy, but I had to see for myself.

We’ll lead off with Dr. Robert Malone:
“The Weaponization Of Information And Digital Tools To Occupy And Derail Your Mind”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/weaponization-information-and-digital-tools-occupy-and-derail-your-mind

And then turn things over to the Climate Maven”—
“…Latest Arctic Ice Data Shows 26% Larger Than 2012’—
https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/doesnt-fit-msm-narrative-latest-arctic-ice-data-shows-26-larger-2012

File under: Woopsie…

+ Bonus (Syrian Surprise!)
“Clashes Erupt In ‘The New Syria’ After Locals Ambush & Kill HTS Fighters”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/clashes-erupt-new-syria-after-locals-ambush-kill-hts-fighters

Ha! There ya go.

“Oilbeef! ” has long since functioned as spousal code for us, most often deployed (sotto voce) when stuck listening to the tedious prattle of some soporific bore.

–Simple Minds, “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqoNKCCt7A

I once heard the lead singer interviewed. He had a thick Glaswegian accent. I was rather surprised. But he had learned to sing American for the market.

Great song in any event. A perfect ending for “The Breakfast Club.”

Glad it arrived, and glad you like it.

I chose a high-quality printer, 48 Hour Books, which added to the price. They did make a few errors – a couple of books had faulty binding, for example – but for the most part I think they did a great job. They have something called an indigo printer which is better than what many printers use. It also depends on paper choice, etc.. They give customers a free book with samples of every sort of paper in it and different printing styles, which I appreciated.

The color photos add a lot to the price. They doubled the price of the paperback (or a bit more than doubled) for the print run. If I had done print-to-order on Amazon – which meant I wouldn’t have had any initial overhead – they would have quadrupled the price or more. No kidding; it’s crazy. Plain text is quite reasonable, but I decided I wanted the photos. For hardcovers, add ten dollars more than that. Hardcover with dust cover (which I decided against) add five dollars more for the dust cover.

The photos: some are mine, but mostly it’s free non-copyrighted photos found online. There are quite a few sites that have them, but by far the best I’ve found is pexels.com.

I do want to say that the color photographs are wonderful. I love the look of color photographs on regular paper, instead of the high gloss. I wonder how much that drove up the costs per book. I found just adding a color image on the front and back covers of my poetry collection was higher than I expected. But worth it.

neo:

I am curious about the credits for the photos.

Some of those photographs are yours. At least one is from Gerard’s papers. I seem to recall you mentioned that others are Gerard’s own.

Anyway, The color photos add a pizzazz that I wasn’t expecting. Good choice.