libraries, public and personal.

thesis work improves .. there is still much to do, but i finally made it to the library, found a book on group actions,

(the Geometry of Discrete Groups by Alan Beardon is working very nicely)

and discovered a few facts, which fit in either of two categories.

1. "the truth is out there" (a la x-files): those that i weren't certain were true but wanted to be true,
   
   
2. pleasant surprises: those that i didn't know existed, but do make my life simpler.
   

i suppose it pays to visit the mathematics library, every so often. there's more of a story, but i'll save it for another day.

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despite how small it is, i'm considering cataloguing my collection of mathematical texts and using the Library of Congress arrangement system.

it's for no other reasons than sheer whim and a nagging concern that i'm missing a few books here and there. sure, i could resolve the second reason simply by refusing to lend books to anyone ..

.. but that's just mean.