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19 September, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Singularitarian
Take your time, Terence Tao! We all know you have many other things you need to do!
20 September, 2008 at 6:48 am
Ashesoftime
Understand that.I ‘ve been very grateful for your sharing of your great mathematical ideas here and your lecture notes online.Thanks so much.