Happy Yellow Pigs’ Day! July 17, 2009
Posted by Jacob Hurwitz in Uncategorized.Tags: 17, hcssim, math, seventeen, summer math program, summer program, yellow pigs
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For the first time in four weeks, I wish I weren’t at RSI right now. I should clarify, that’s not saying anything bad about RSI. Despite a big deadline looming over our heads, I’m still having the time of my life here. No, the reason I say that I’d rather not be here is that there’s somewhere even more awesome than RSI. Because about two hours west of Boston, in Amherst, Massachusetts, a large group of mathematicians is gathering to celebrate yellow pigs and the number seventeen.
Yes, you heard me right. Yellow pigs. To those in the loop, July 17 is Yellow Pigs’ Day (place the apostrophe where you wish). I don’t quite know the origin of this holiday, but I’ve heard that it has something to do with David Kelly, Mike Spivak, Princeton University, and a bar. All I know is that I celebrated my first YP Day last summer when I was a student at Kelly’s summer math program, the Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics (HCSSiM), and I am now a firm believer in the facts that all pigs are yellow and that seventeen is by far the best number. (more…)
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