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Sergei Siparov, Dimitri Pavlov, GI Garas'ko, Irina Starikova, Michael Wright (2008). From the Michael Wright Collection, held by the Archive Trust for Research in Mathematical Sciences & Philosophy.
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0:00 The problem is there's so much profit that comes with salt in it. You can't put out salt in a sweet. When I buy, you know, when I go out to eat, well, I'm trying more and more to just to, you know, but you can't do that in Paris. So, I have gone up a little bit, but only by one point. I'm 18 over 10 now, I should be about 18 over 9, but that's not the case. No, sorry, 14 I should say. I'm 14 over, I'm 14 over, I'm talking over... There are also a number of different fields of study, such as mathematics, geometry, mathematics, physics, physics, and mathematics. There are also a number of different fields of study, such as mathematics, geometry, mathematics, physics, and mathematics. There are also a number of different fields of study, such as mathematics, geometry, mathematics, physics, and mathematics. I mean, when you talk about that, I'm not going to look at that, it's actually weird, but now it's right now, so if I keep going forward, get plenty of exercise, knock on wood, I'll be good. I'm not nervous. I'm not nervous about it, I'm just saying. I tell you who does this, you know. I'm quite worried about it. It's telling me. I think it's brilliant, man. Oh my god, they didn't know this. But he dreams. He dreams a lot. With Misha, you know. He doesn't drink. Well, for a person who doesn't drink five glasses. For a person who doesn't drink five glasses. For a person who doesn't drink five glasses. For a person who doesn't drink five glasses. For a person who doesn't drink five glasses. For a person who doesn't drink five glasses. Yes, okay, but I should cut out them as well. I mean, they have these types, they have Edina with Misha, and then they have long discussions about mathematics. Of course. And they drink for a year, maybe, or things like this. Well, he is very habituated to it, though, I don't think so. I don't know if he's good at it. Well, I'm sure he's good at it. Probably not, I mean, you know. No, I don't know.
2:30 I don't think he's good at it. Well, if you're drinking too much, it's not good for you anyway. I really don't know. We could probably both do this. On the other hand, he's being, you know, in good company. So, is Misha still in England, not having a contact with Harry? He's still in England. Sorry, when you said Misha, I thought you, oh no, I thought you said Misha, yes, sorry, I was thinking of Maxim. I meant to say Maxim. Maxim is coming tomorrow, because he has his medical designation for visa for Siju, but Siju is a longer visa, because you cannot follow your visa, you can only get Siju after me. I couldn't believe my hopes that they, I mean, that when I, when I spent most of Saturday night on the internet, on the internet, on the internet, on the internet, on the internet, They have to give date and place of their fathers and their fathers, you know, what was your, I mean, Gennady. Even if he's dead. Oh yeah, I mean, Gennady is the, Gennady is the, Gennady is the, Gennady is the, Gennady is the, Gennady is the, Gennady is the. Um, and he's, his father was born under, under the rock, his father was born under the rock, so what are you supposed to put, you know, father's when, father's, father's email address, and kind of, kind of, it's up to the, this father was born in 1906, something like that. I mean, I mean, it's just crazy. I know why, I mean, you have to make all these absurd declarations, you have to show it. It's really fun. But yes, it's hilarious, that duration.
5:00 Have you ever wanted any publicity? Absolutely not. Absolutely not. It's really like you. Yes, aren't you? I mean, it's really like you. It's a bit hard, but it's fine for a reason. But keep going. Yes, I have. It's so stupid. I'm so fucking stupid. What kind of media bureaucrats ever do you use? I don't think it's specified. Well, we did it all on the line, in the cafe anyway. And, uh, some people say something like, normally, but still you can read it. And then maybe you're right, or you're wrong. I mean, as I say, when I was young, I had nothing like this. Because I know your family lived longer, but even so, I had nothing like this. Oh yeah, look at that. This is just, this is one of nine pages from, I think this is Pavlov's, have you ever... Yes, this is it. Have you ever, by any means or medium, expressed views that justify a war of high terrorist violence? What is the point of asking? I mean, anyone who has had this really likes people answering yes, aren't they? I mean, you know, it's really stupid. Are you a war criminal? Have you ever been involved in supporting or encouraging terrorist attacks in any country? And the Chinese, of course, have also done a lot of work. And, frankly, I don't know, at the back of it, what happens is that Blair will push a flag for the visa. I mean, you know, they could be accused of having a very, you know, very terrible attack in Iran, and then a few other places as well. No, I just couldn't believe it. They have to say exactly what their income is. Do you know what income is? You know how much money they save when it's savings you've got? Do you have income? That's right. Yes, yes. It's a nightmare. We may have nothing like that anymore. I feel really ashamed. I feel really ashamed of my country.
7:30 Why the hell can't we just go to Spain? Not just, not just, the same kind of reference. John never ceases to point out that if it wasn't for the Russian mathematicians, the British University of Mathematics would have collapsed completely about 10 years ago. Do you know Mark for the report on mathematics? I know him. If he told us the story, he would send us to the United States, and they asked him... This is what these people, patients, think like this, and they ask him what is the sense of life, and he says, I don't know, and they talk to him for two hours to check everything, everything, everything. Oh dear, oh dear. That's like the old joke about Bertrand Russell and the back of the taxicab, isn't it? Oh, it's like the old joke about Bertrand Russell and the back of the taxicab. This is when he was very famous, isn't it? This is when he was very famous, isn't it? This is when he was very famous, isn't it? This is when he was very famous, isn't it? This is when he was very famous, isn't it? This is when he was very famous, isn't it? This is when he was very famous, isn't it? This is when he was very famous, isn't it? Anyway, he held a taxicab in the back and got into it in London. Taxi drivers in London are famous for, you know, having conversations with each other. Taxi drivers, eh? You're that Lord Russell, aren't you? I am, yes, you do. Tell me, Lord Russell.
10:00 He literally talked to me in the back of the cab in the middle of the hay farm. He said, tell me, Lord Russell. I've never had a famous geologist in the back of the cab before. Listen, tell me, what's it all about? Tell me, what's the meaning of life? Then afterwards, he said, do you know, the bugger couldn't tell me. Thank you very much for your attention and I hope to see you again in the next lecture. It's by a guy called Christophe Fouton from Bordeaux. No, no, no, that's the one that Benoit is recording. Yeah, that's why I gave him that recording. Well, he said also he's recording the thing tomorrow. No, this is about, well, we've already missed almost, we've already missed the first 40 minutes of it. It's called The Time of Consciousness, The Time of the Universe. It sounds interesting, but the trouble is we've been really missing out on three quarters of an hour, and we've only got two minutes to get that done, and that doesn't matter. I think it's going to be worth it, but let's go anyway. My problem is I've got to go to one of those reporters' conference tonight, so I'm going to spare one for tomorrow. And I've also got to ring the dean. So here, you have the guy, he's very nice, he's the guy who's worked with Campbell all the way, he's here with us, he's been here for him, yeah, he's been here with us for a couple of weeks now, we'll have to bring him to find out. Well, they were going to go online this afternoon to see whether they had actually got a reply. Well, I've had to do the whole thing in 24 hours. So they're only going to go three or four days. I really don't want to have to go to them again if I want to. I really, really, really want to go to them again.
12:30 I think they could if they needed to, but the trouble is Pavlov is so... Thank you very much for your attention. You're probably explaining to them that they don't need that, you know, they're still students. Okay, let's go. They, in fact, will be perfectly alright on their own, but, you know, it's time to dissuade them from that. But I must try and keep up with them. Well, actually, I like them. Like, they're staying in a hotel near the Floska level. He's so happy, because he went to this particularly good. It's okay, he keeps a rear on the corner. And, of course, there was one girl there, one waitress, who speaks Russian. So he was so happy that now he won't eat anywhere else in Paris, which is silly because of course there's so many good restaurants on the left bank, which are full of them, so you don't even have to go to Paris. Being in Central, I mean, are you going to be here? Well, they're only going to be here for another couple of days. I wouldn't bother you with them. The only thing is if, well... Let's see what happens tomorrow. They are very nice. I mean, well, Sergei is a very nice person. He's extremely good. Nice guy. Is there any information about getting a visa? Oh, well, that's fine.
15:00 We're not talking about getting a ticket. Let's see if they get a visa tomorrow, that's all. And if they can't get a visa until Thursday... Then I'd like you to go with them, provided Pavlov pays my expenses, you know, because, yeah, just to show willing. Because Pavlov was, at one point, for nearly two years, actually, supporting this archive project, so he's not at the moment, but he has to, so I can't leave him to that. Andrei, of course, as you probably know, doesn't like it. Thank you very much for your time, and I look forward to seeing you again soon. Big, burly guy, older man, who works in this area of physics and geometry. Very likeable. As far as I'm concerned, I can't see any harm in the story. But, you know, I'd have to understand how Freya's laser acts would kind of... I think it's quite true, although I don't ever repeat this to Andre, I think part of the difference, you know, is that he's not actually very rich, but he's certainly a company that we are. He made quite a lot of money after he developed something new, you know, setting up this company that makes door frames and window frames. You know, he's more of a drama major, he's certainly not one of the only ones that can say things like that. If you actually saw the amount that he put down as a personal asset, it's probably worth about £2,000, which is, you know, you or I would be very happy for the rest of our lives, you know, it doesn't put him in the league with, you know, big half-lollipops or anything. And the thing is that he has actually used that money all through the 1990s. He was paying. He's given them just enough to keep them alive. And, you know, if that was all he had, he probably wouldn't have done anything like that then.
17:30 And he must have been using a very big proportion of his money to do that. And I just don't think he, you know, should be criticising them. He may be a little bit abrupt and a little bit, you know, he's an expert, but he's generally committed to reporting to Ireland. I hate to say it, but I do think there's an awful lot of the old solid mentality programmed into our brain. He doesn't seem to have the visceral distrust of anybody connected with, you know, any kind of business. That's probably why he's happy and proud. What would you do with that money? Do you have any idea? Oh, I've no idea. If they ask me to, and if Campbell's going to pay me, then if I can do with the money. I certainly can't do anything until Thursday, because tomorrow I want to be there. Obviously I want to do at least two things, these are very interesting meetings, the next couple of days, but I want to go. It's 60 and 64 is 62 we want. No, it's okay. Wait a minute, we need to get into the... Actually, what we could in a car... I was thinking of going to, um, I was thinking of getting to 62 and going to ETA and getting to ETA from there, but actually you wouldn't get off of ETA at, um, ETA, ETA, ETA, ETA, ETA, ETA, ETA, ETA. Thank you for watching this video. Well, as I say, I actually sorted out that, I worked it out myself, as I went in, I went in there, oh yes, yes, I sat with them over the weekend, they applied over the weekend, and then I went to the, I went, well, the only thing is, they could get an interview, that's the thing.
20:00 But usually they give them the same day. Anyway, I'm going to check. I'm going to have to check with them. Gosh, I should bring him. I should bring him the weekend before the action. Um... I don't think we have a problem. Well, they've been... Well, three of them have been in the UK before. They've been... I'm staying at the tiny little hotel where the, uh, the economics probably don't meet with, you know, the crappiest hotel in Paris, but it's also the cheapest. Say again, I can't really say. Oh, the tree fell. Well, I don't know if there are any, but when I was working for Turgot, we often used to have groups staying near there, but they were all women. Yeah, and they very particularly wanted to stay near the Turgot. There are quite a few pieces you've got yourself around there. But it's not particularly interesting around there because there's nothing there that looks good there in the evening. It's all the hair around the air convalescence area. It's not that interesting at all apparently. Just behind the wall, can't you? Well, yeah, it's a perfect place for a walk through the dark. But yeah, I'm sure there are loads of places. I mean, we could cut the obvious into two, just go online and get one of those maps of characters, which goes well with some of the things that I'm interested in, because we've had a couple of two-star places in the group now. I've stayed until, well, I will actually have to stay until Thursday morning, because the meeting has fairly happened today, and it could be a pretty good evening.
22:30 This thing is on Wednesday afternoon at the same place where the, well it's not the same, it's not actually the very same robot, it's the same cactus where the cactus of this thing is tomorrow. Yes we have, I'm sorry. Thank you. No, no, it's okay. It's okay. This is okay. That's exactly where we want to go. From there we get to 47. The only thing is that I forgot to complete what I said I needed to do, which is to get off of that juncture where we would have got off of. This is in 62. To see if I could get some faith. Yes, because I need to make copies of these recordings for Dalin and for this other guy for tomorrow. No, it's too late now. I'll have to do it. Yeah, well, this is the end of the line. I have to get back to it tonight. You've got to go to the event. Oh yeah, I've got to go to the event. Of course you are. Of course I've got to go to the event. So you need to get... I know it's a long, long way.
25:00 We have to get the air... Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, I know, because I went out there last week to talk to... There's the next one. I went out there last week to talk to Katya. I've been there a few times. It's a nice area. It's a very quiet place. Well in that case, what you can do... I know you want to go to this, the last bit of this. Come on, you and me. No, I want to go to the Union. Oh, you want to go to the École Normale, that's where I'm going anyway. OK, well that's where I've got to go to the Union. Let's go there together. So obviously... So you'll go from the École Normale to Luxembourg and then to Chagall or whatever, yeah. I think that's our bus now. Yeah, it is. Oh yes, of course, you can get there directly from Luxembourg. Thank you, I was forgetting it's the... Yes, of course, if it's on that line. Just a little bit. No, it's okay. I'm just going to... We've got ten somethings up here. No problem. Okay, there you go. And I'll get that. So, there you go. We'll obviously see you tomorrow. I've got to have the library going out. Well, I'm going to stay around because it doesn't... It goes until seven o'clock on Wednesday. Let's take a good rest.
27:30 So, I'll have to... It's from 2 to 7, and it's the same, well, I'd say it's the same place as where the Catholicism and Buddhism are, but it's not actually exactly the same place, but if we go together, then I can show you where it is. And on Thursday? No, Thursday I have to, I must get back Thursday, yeah, Thursday in the morning. I'd go back on my TV, except that it would be too late for the SRA. Well, it wouldn't be too late for the last train, but the problem is that... When you get to Rennes, there's no bus service after about 7.30 in the evening, so to get from Rennes to the chair where I live, so I may as well stay here because I don't want to be a bunch of cheaters when I get to Rennes, so I'll go on the first visit. I call on 27th May through, by bus. Oh, so by bus, we would call on the bus. Yeah. Have you tried it? Yes, I have. I actually got the return ticket for the 14th of May for this thing that, um, in federal college, you know, that, um, that I'll catch with my physics. You just sit and read. Yeah. Well, you sit and sleep, we sit and read. It's just that the Eurostar is just so quick. You know exactly when you're going to travel. If you buy in the more than three weeks or four weeks in advance, there are some very, very cheap things in New York. There's one that's a bit more expensive, but probably if you can buy it by the beginning of the month, you have to go on the very first train in the morning. That's it. But it's still a name. Thank you for your attention. And it's only in the course now with some time for a few minutes, less than two and a half hours, like two hours, twenty minutes, that you're up. No, I haven't got a problem with the graph, it's just that you get all the facts on the graphs you're having to pick up. So it's slow, don't check everything, whereas on the Euro side you're just going to be showing your problems when you're on the train or two hours later and everything is published.
30:00 Just let me check whether I want to be part of the, of the, of the, there is one, it's the, yeah, you want to get up one side of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, of the, So it's more or less local and regional structures from Riemann's definition of a variety to Steir's definition of a chief. There's quite a lot about economics in other areas that I couldn't get into earlier as well. But it's a beautiful piece of work, and it brings together all the different aspects of algebraic geometry. He's a very bright guy, this is a very good job. He's a very bright guy. When I first met him, it was a couple of years ago. He was rather cold and a bit arrogant, but actually when you get to know him, he's not a bit like that at all. He's very, very open, very friendly. He took years of all this time, tips down and speaking, but he's certainly a great guy.
32:30 When Lord Bale was here in October, November last year, he spent some of his time talking to me, and he's very special, because Jimmy Tappan, who's speaking tomorrow, is a very old man. He is such a good man. He really is. He's a very good one. Well, he's more his... I'd say he's rather more his store in mathematics, but all the best philosophers in mathematics are also his store in mathematics. And he is very good. His, you know, his culture is amazing. Jamie, Jamie Caster, he teaches in Michigan, but he's a great friend of Colin McClark as well. We're out on the center. And what does he still do? He writes mainly about 19th century mathematics. He's written a very, he's written a superb book about reading. And he writes a lot about, he likes to have a deep relationship between geometry. Yeah, geometry and algebra and analysis in the 19th century, 19th and early 19th century, that was the main field. But he has written other papers as well. He wrote a paper on Euclid, I haven't actually read it, it's quite a long time ago, but his main field is the 19th century. I said in the evening, in the evening, after, after. They'll all be at the thing in the evening at 3 p.m. with Jim Ritter, talking about mathematical unification theory in the 1930s. I don't know if I was able to talk in the evening. Okay, okay, fine. Tomorrow you've got retreating time.
35:00 The first thing we're working on is that. The second day of this is the development of the function of time. Then, of course, we're going to have a talk at the Salvatore, you know, this place where we're going to show you where it is. That's right, which will go on until about one o'clock. Then we go off for lunch, and then at five o'clock, five o'clock in the evening, back at retires. Back to the site, there's another course. This one is from the American team here in Paris. He's another professor. He's a great expert on carton and vial, term and vial, I mean, for those people. And his work, he's going to talk about the background of conceptual analytics and the strategies for the utilization of physics in 1953. So basically the work was cast on and filed, and how they both related to Einstein. I think it's going to be very interesting. So I'm thinking that we should go out past the back. Okay. Well, they're usually in the back, so you can have a look. It's okay, we're right on the point. It's okay, we're right on the point. It's okay, we're right on the point. Yeah, I'm sorry to make you so late. Yeah, I'm sorry to make you so late. Yeah, I'm sorry to make you so late. No, I'm fine. No, I'm fine. I'm not going to go to the Carpier thing, I'm afraid it's no point, there's only another half an hour of it left. I'm going to go back that way to my hotel, and go round the CDs. So, you see what I've got? The door's set.
37:30 Oh, shit, I've got to ring. Oh, it's OK, there's a phone box there. I'll ring... yeah, I've got to ring... I'm Sergey now. Have you got a mobile or anything? Actually, I've got a mobile. I just got into space and I couldn't speak to you. Oh, I see. But do you have a number? Okay, give me the number in case for any reason I need to get hold of you. I'll do it immediately when I come to this place. Yeah, that would be helpful actually. Give me your number. But you also have my home number. Yeah, I've got your home number. That's not going to help you. Give me the mobile. Okay. That's your card, isn't it? Yeah. Will that actually be the number on the card? I don't know, because I don't know how these things work on cards. Oh, well, you'll know. No, I have a feeling it hasn't got the number yet. Oh, well. Never mind, don't worry, don't worry. It gives you the number somewhere. Well, I'll see you tomorrow. If I'm not there at 9.30, don't worry. I'll certainly be there at 11 o'clock at the other place. I hope I... I really don't want to miss any campus. So I'll ring now and see what these guys... In fact, is there just a chance you can hang around for a second while I ring? Yeah. See, okay. It's already late. He'll be panicking because I haven't run him when I said I would, but you know, so I can't... He has to realize that I can't be doing everything. Damn! I've got to retrieve the card, haven't I? The problem is I haven't got enough on my phone card to ring his mobile. I've got to use the landline. All right, here it is.
40:00 OK, panic over. OK, so I hope there's enough left on this. Did you call from the hotel? No. Well, I really must ring them all really late. It's OK. It's a hotel here in Paris. It shouldn't be expensive. No, I don't have my number with me. Yes, good evening, can I speak to the Republic? Ah, good evening, is it possible to speak to Mr. Sepharov, room 56? Well, it's actually the name of the room, yes, it's actually Mr. Sepharov, but it's the same room, yes. Okay. Hi, it's okay. Yeah, I'm sorry, I'm afraid I was completely tied up where I was and not able to ring you tonight. How did you get on? Yeah, that's so good. No, no, no, no, we have to do it tomorrow morning. In that case, that does make a problem for me because I've got to be at this other place at 9.30. So all I can suggest, it's really, I've actually got a very charming young Russian lady with me who we'll do it in a moment, actually, called Irina Risha Starikova, who's a friend of mine from Bristol. I'm just wondering if there's anything we can do to do a workaround here. Can you just hang on a second? You're going to be at the thing tomorrow, aren't you? Whatever happens. How long are you going to be at this thing now, a vehicle now?
42:30 What I'll do. Hang on a second, Sergei. If you, if I can meet you at nine before we go to the station, I'll get the... I'll get the CDs first, of the things I've got on this recording, and I'll give it to you, and if you can record the things tomorrow morning at Recife, I'll show you how to use it, it's very straightforward, and then I'll, the only thing is, you'll need to leave, no, it's okay, there's a way around that as well, you'll have to leave it there at Recife. The cost, I mean, the thing would be to leave it with Babi for a while and just tell him to record the rest of it tomorrow morning and then I will get up in the afternoon at 5 o'clock when we go back, or I will go back for Jim Rickards' thing. So I need to see you at 9, so whereabouts will we meet at 9? In the U.N.S. So whereabouts, at the entrance, okay, I'll see you at the entrance of the U.N.S. at 9, okay. Sorry, just about to finish. Yeah, if I ask you at the entrance to the ENS at 9, then I can give you the equipment and that sort of thing. Well, actually, yeah, it's... Oh, no, it's even better. Yeah, the later the better for me. I'll be there at the entrance to the ENS at a quarter past nine. I'd like to have your number. I haven't got a mobile at the moment. And then they've got my hotel. Well, I'm not even going to go back to the hotel. I can give it to you, but I'm actually going to go to the Internet Café and burn the recording that comes straight back to you. Just in case... Okay, well, it's the Hotel de Saint-Raph. Hang on a second, I'll give it to you. If my class will be canceled? The only thing is that you won't get the message to me any earlier than a quarter past nine anyway. Problem, I can't, you know, I won't be back then. I've got to... Yes, no, hang on. Well, I'm going to run out of money if I'm not here. I'll just tell him that I'll meet them there at 9.15. Okay, sorry. It's okay? Sorry to keep you here. Listen, I will meet you at the visa place. Let's be on the safe side. Let's say half past eight. Yeah, they said to be there for a quarter to nine, but better to be on the safe side and be there a little bit early.
45:00 But then, with any luck, they can see us first as soon as the doors open. And with any luck, I might be able to get to where I need to be for 9.30. But if not, I have to arrange with Arisha to cover what I need to be doing there. So, we need to meet at 40 Rue Washington. Let's say at half past eight tomorrow morning. It doesn't open until nine, but I think there will be somebody there, certainly by a quarter to nine, and with that, we'll be the first people in the building, so there won't be a queue. Okay, sounds good. And the guy I spoke to who was the head, you know, the head of the visa section seemed to be pretty helpful, and he said that if they hadn't already made an appointment for you that was convenient for you, then to come there at a quarter to nine tomorrow. Okay, be sure, obviously, to bring the forms with the photos and everything. Everything, yeah. Yeah, and fingers crossed. Okay, I will see you there tomorrow at half past eight. Is there any... Oh, I'm ready to give you a contact number for me in case there's any changes. The trouble is I haven't got a note of my... Can you just hold on a second longer? I think I need to give it to Arisha as well, so just hang on a moment. Okay, Sergei? Yeah, I'm in the Hotel La Centrale, La Central, La Central, La Central, the name of the hotel is Hotel La Centrale, and the phone number is 01, correct, yeah, 33-5793, and I'm in room 11. I'm in room 11. That's if you need to contact me before tomorrow morning. But I don't think you will need to. So we'll plan to meet at 40 Rue Washington at half past eight. Okay, have a good evening. Take care, bye.
47:30 Lobby of the main entrance of the Ecole Normale on the evening of the 14th of April to Irisha Starikova, to give her the recorders or recorder to go to record the second day of the resize colloquium on the history on the development of the notion of function in the 19th and 20th century from the 18th to the 20th century. I think I saw the announcement for this on the GEOM 2004 list.
57:30 I did see this, yes, very interesting. And there is a program which concerns, and there are lectures, and the lectures are already out. Of course I remember, yeah, of course, yeah, and of course, of course, so Vladimir Bilan is going to be good, good, good. That's so marvellous. The key thing is that this is a paid event, 1,400 euros per semester, and in case he finds such young people who are willing to pay all the money, then he will have 200 euros per person, and we need to take a group of at least 25 people, on average. So, if you're interested in just distributing information among those who are eager to pay €100,000 and €4,000 for this semester course, €1,400. And that's for how long a course? A semester. So, what about two months? Three. That's very good.
1:00:00 I'll do my best. I have to be honest. I think, you know, finding students who are able to find, you know, 1400 euros is not easy, especially in France. But there are, I know people are very interested in mathematics and geometry. Well, anywhere. No, no, anywhere. But I mean, you might be more like me. and other places. The problem is in France they expect to have everything laid on for them for free, I know from past experience. But there are some very good people at the moment out there. I tell you, I can think of one or two people it might be worth my asking, who might have students who would be interested in this. I saw the announcement of this course, it looked very interesting. Thank you. Had Dmitry thought at all about putting the lectures from this course and some of the other previous material like the videos we made in Moscow last year and in Cairo in 2006 and 2005? Putting the videos online and making a website where you could actually pay to access and download the material, because our archive has now got a little money, not much, but a little money.
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