For errata, additional notes, and improvements for some of my articles, see pdf, and for some of my books, see pdf
For a list of errata for my course notes, see hmtlThou shalt commit adultery.
Exodus 20:14, King James Bible, 1631 edition.
An Israeli newspaper quoted the French foreign minister as saying that "Israel would eat Iran". In fact, he said (in English) that "Israel would hit Iran"
BBC.com, 2008.
those folkways have left an inedible impression even on the majority of Americans whose ancestors did not come from the British Isles.
New York Times Book Review, November 2, 2008, p18.
The article Wanna be a pop star?, yesterday, does make sense if the columns are read in the following order: 1,4,2,3,5,6,7.
"Corrections and clarifications" from the Guardian, February 21, 2001.
We quoted [the Bishop] as referring to "the ear of the Lord's favour". It should have read "the year of the Lord's favour" (Isaiah 61:2)
"Corrections and clarifications" from the Guardian Weekly, November 13--19, 2003.
3:00-4:30pm Number Theory---Prof. Ben Green---(UBC)---Finite field models in addictive number theory---4096 EH
UM Seminars for March 15--19, 2004.
The Indian security forces seized a huge supply of arms and ammunition en route to Nepal on Thursday during a security check of a passenger bus on the Nepal-India border. The bus contained seven cartoons of rifles....
nepalnews.com, June 19, 2004.
At a speech to high school students in Orlando, Gov. Jeb Bush was stumped on a math question from the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, which he has championed. A student, Luana Marques, 18, posed the question: ''What are the angles on a three-four-five-triangle?'' The governor gave a steely grin. ''The angles would be -- if I was going to guess,'' he said. ''Three-four-five, Three-four-five. I don't know, 125, 90 and whatever remains on 180?'' Ms. Marques had the correct answer: 30, 60 and 90. ''
New York Times July 7, 2004.
A report ... on Wednesday ... misstated the answer. The angles on a 3-4-5 triangle are 90 degrees, 53.1 degrees and 36.9 degrees -- not, as the student said, 30, 60 and 90.
New York Times, July 9, 2004.