Dears,

As you may know, at the moment I am Schonbrunn Visiting Professor working on my research in the Institute of Mathematics of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It has been suggested (if not requested) that at least occasionally I write a report on what is going on with me. I am not sure if my Jerusalem Reports are going to be of any interest but let me try... This is the first report from Jerusalem written on my second day here. (The pictures are clickable.)

Just before I left Omaha

I was somewhat busy with normal duties (teaching and service), but what was really on my mind was the upcoming trip and preparations for it. Since my old laptop

broke, I was forced to consider getting a replacement for it. After much deliberation, we bought a PowerBook G4 15"

from Apple. MacOS X Tiger is really a version of Unix and the transition from Linux to Mac is easy and I have (almost) everything I need on my machine. The truth is that since the first day I got it, I have been in love with my Mac, I have been happy

and my Penguin Tux gets upset because of that

Also Gosia have been very nice this year and Santa Claus brought her a new digital toy:

My trip to Jerusalem

started on the very Christmas Day, around 4PM. First I flew to Newark on a small regional jet (3 hours flight), and directly to Tel Aviv on Boenig 777-200 (10 hours). When the captain welcome us aboard 777 in English and then in Hebrew, his greetings reminded me about the work that I should, but had not finished before my trip: the paper Sheva-Sheva-Sheva: Large Creatures has been accepted to Israel Journal of Mathematics and I should prepare the final version of it. Since 777 is sheva-sheva-sheva (in Hebrew), you may guess what I was working with during the flight....

Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv was totally rebuilt and it is so nice, big, convenient and beautiful now! I was so sorry that my camera was packed in my suitcase (so I could not take any pictures) And the border procedures changed to very simple ones, no forms, no lines, everything goes very fast and smoothly....

I am renting an appartment in the North part of Jerusalem, on Rehov Sheshet Hayamim, i.e., Six Days Street. I guess everybody knows which six days is this street name refering to. Some pictures of my appartment and surroundings:

Around:

The entrance to my place:

and it leads to kitchen

Then there is my bedroom

and my study

The place is not large, but it is very nice. And the landlords are very nice people.

Tuesday was my first day in Jerusalem and I spent most of it on getting organized. So I went to Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University.

I have not noticed any significant changes there (as compared to July 2004):

There are new beautiful things in the building of the Einstein Institute of Mathematics

Some old traditions are still alive - like public puzzle place

My office is the same as usual

Of course, I met with Saharon and we discussed our plans for the coming year. Well, my tasks are very simple:

help Saharon in finishing some of his almost finished papers (like 509, 538, 707 - if you do not know what that is check here)
finish as much of my old debts as possible. So I will finish proofreading of 777 and then I will work on 890 to finish it soon, and then on a continuation of that, and then I will go back to 670 and then....

I guess you got the picture - I am going to be busy. I mean BUSY. Wish me luck.

A much longer Polish version of this report is available here. The next report may (but does not have to) be posted on or around February 1st, 2006... Meanwhile: Happy and Productive New Year!!!

Yours,
Andrzej

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Last modified: Thu Dec 29 07:42:35 IST 2005

Around:
The entrance to my place:
and it leads to kitchen
Then there is my bedroom
and my study

I have not noticed any significant changes there (as compared to July 2004):
There are new beautiful things in the building of the Einstein Institute of Mathematics
Some old traditions are still alive - like public puzzle place
My office is the same as usual