User talk:Virginia-American

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Hi. My user name is one I use on a lot of sites; it was my ethnic group in the 2000 US Census.

I majored in math at the U of Va. but dropped out, and now program computers. However, I have kept up my interest in math, especially number theory, as a hobby.

I have made a few edits to misc. articles about number theory, and I have done major edits to the articles about quadratic reciprocity nad allied topics.

[edit] tip: typography

Notice that en-dash (–, HTML entity –, Unicode U+2013 "EN DASH") and minus sign (−, −, U+2212 "MINUS SIGN") are distinct characters. Please use the former in ranges, and the latter in mathematical formulas. Also, binary minus signs should be surrounded by spaces (unlike dashes). ASCII hyphen (-, U002D "HYPHEN-MINUS") is yet another character, but you are already aware of that. — EJ (talk) 13:37, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Riemann zeros.

I replied to your post on my web page, here's a cut-n-paste:

Hi, sorry for the late reply, didn't see your post earlier. I had not seen that paper before, but have certainly looked at similar-looking graphics. Somewhere, I have an animation of the polylogarithm; the Riemann zeros occur when the polylog zeros pass through the point z=-1. There are also these clearly-visible contour lines, that dance around and reconnect as if they were magnetic field lines. I don't have anything as insightful as Arias-de-Reyna to say about it, thought. Here's the movie... polylog animation. Its a very slow download, though. linas (talk) 15:11, 17 April 2008 (UTC)