Berkeley's math department has an annual lecture series called the Serge Lang lecture, which is aimed at undergraduates and honors Lang, who visited Berkeley every summer for all of the last years of his life and regularly gave talks at Berkeley to undergraduates. The Serge Lang lecture for this year was given yesterday, by Andrew Granville, on the topic of patterns in primes.
After Granville's talk there was a dinner for the speaker and undergraduates, held in Evans Hall. A few non-undergraduates attended the dinner, including me. Here is the view from my seat:
Although we were eating with real silverware, our plates and cups were made out of plants. I was very surprised to read the cup manufacturer's URL on the cups, which you can see at the bottom of the cup in the next photo (click on it for a better view):
When I first saw this, I thought "What the f-k?" The math department has been using these cups for a while, but the staff hadn't noticed the awkward URL before. It is not a joke. You can find out the reason for the name f-k by looking at the website here.
After Granville's talk there was a dinner for the speaker and undergraduates, held in Evans Hall. A few non-undergraduates attended the dinner, including me. Here is the view from my seat:
Although we were eating with real silverware, our plates and cups were made out of plants. I was very surprised to read the cup manufacturer's URL on the cups, which you can see at the bottom of the cup in the next photo (click on it for a better view):
When I first saw this, I thought "What the f-k?" The math department has been using these cups for a while, but the staff hadn't noticed the awkward URL before. It is not a joke. You can find out the reason for the name f-k by looking at the website here.
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