[time-nuts] Allan

Magnus Danielson magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org
Sun May 22 11:16:36 EDT 2016


Paul,

Indeed. Just wanted to share the joy.

Cheers,
Magnus

On 05/22/2016 04:14 PM, paul swed wrote:
> Magnus it seems you do have things to do and what better motivator!
> Regards
> Paul
> WB8TSL
>
> On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Magnus Danielson <
> magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote:
>
>> Fellow time-nuts,
>>
>> Last week I was at the IFCS conference in New Orleans. There was also Dr.
>> David W. Allan who was awarded a nice price for his work, on the 50 year
>> anniversary of Allan Variance. I naturally walked up to him, gratulated
>> him. We also sat down and had a talk, which ended up him giving me a copy
>> of his book "It's about time", with the nice dedication in it:
>> Thanks for your great work. Best Wishes
>>
>> Now, that is neat.
>>
>> The book represent his personal take on combining science and religion,
>> and being a devoted mormon, this is also important to him. The book covers
>> a bit of both sides.
>>
>> So, on my way home after two intense weeks in the US, I open up the book
>> and starts reading it as I wait for the check-in counter to open at Dulles
>> airport. I read a few pages until I wake up from my slumber.
>> I read this:
>>
>> "Many have asked me to describe the Allan variance. The equation
>> representing it and the meaning of the mathematics behind it are explained
>> in Chapter 20. A good friend and colleague from Sweden, Magnus Danielson,
>> has written a detailed description of both the Allan variance and the
>> modified Allan variancce on Wikipedia."
>>
>> Now, that's kind words indeed.
>>
>> I have so many ideas about Allan variance. Bounced one idea with Judah
>> Levine, who then concluded "You need to publish that!". Yes sir, will do
>> sir! OK, so I have things to do.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Magnus
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