[time-nuts] Allan

paul swed paulswedb at gmail.com
Sun May 22 12:43:18 EDT 2016


Magnus I have to say I actually did not think Dr. Allen was still alive.
Just kind of amazing. I bet that did make your eyes pop out.
Regards
Paul.

On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 11:16 AM, Magnus Danielson <
magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote:

> 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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