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by linster 1109 days ago
I know this article is about Strang from the context of his retirement a few weeks ago, but the title is clickbait.
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Given other trending headlines, I thought he’d died. The past tense thing. Glad it was just a celebration!
I guessed this was about Strang just from the title! I hadn't heard about his retirement.
I saw the title, and thought "the only person I can think of that this applies to is Gilbert Strang". Imagine my surprise when it was actually him, when I haven't thought of him or linear algebra for fifteen years.