Talk:Alexander Abian

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[edit] Why did I create this article?

Principally because in rewriting Crank (person) I thought it important to stress that while cranks like James S. Harris or Archimedes Plutonium may be presently regarded as very annoying, they will most likely to quickly forgotten after their demise. The example of Abian, who was greatly resented during his lifetime by the denizens of sci.math, and who naturally fell silent upon his death in 1999, sprang to mind as an example of energetic but ultimately futile promotion of bizzare (possibly even unique) notions. ---CH 01:57, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why is there a table of names, Universities and dates?

Are these past students? I don't see the relevance. --Parasite 04:19, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Hmm... it was added by an anon 71.37.0.208 (talk • contribs), the tukw.qwest.net anon, in the Puget Sound region. Indeed, from this link it appears that this is a list of Abian's nine Ph.D. students. ---CH 16:48, 1 July 2006 (UTC)