Tom Brown

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Tom Brown

Apart from studies in the natural sciences I am interested in languages and literature in general as well as religion. Lately I have been writing more popular general interest essays and also trying for a bit of balance with mathematics and while keeping things understandable for most people.

I am South-African born and bred. At high school I excelled in science and mathematics competitions and completed two years of mechanical engineering with very good results. That didn't work out due to ill health. I have had permanent teaching positions at Unisa and Wits.

Graduating with an MSc under WK Bartoszek (Unisa 1997) and a PhD under N Sauer (Pretoria 2006) formal interests would be in abstract analysis: Markov operators and stochastic processes; vector valued Laplace transforms applied to semigroups and families of evolution equations (empathies). It has now been quite a while since I was academically active I don't have much published. The way things have developed was beyond my control and I am very isolated.

Favourite authors are Jules Verne, HG Wells and Jack London, Shakespeare and poets William Blake and Dylan Thomas. I like adventure, science fiction and fantasy movies my all time greatest are the Narnia stories and the Lord of the Rings.

The meal best enjoyed is a breakfast of bacon eggs on toast fried chips with fresh orange juice, and for supper an ox-tail stew. I like eating out romantic. For recreation nature hikes, camping and fishing, listening to good music and reading, classics mostly, and good movies. I love dogs my best one was a Maltese poodle Freddy. I love rain and lightning thunderstorms and rainbows. As well as writing and publishing here on Abctales.

I have begun to study mathematics and its applications again, and look forward to be involved in formal research and teaching.

God is in the details of the details. God is in the timing of the timing.

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The little stars

One guy I was working with from behind his screen said to me, my wife has nicer boobs than Shania Twain don't you think? How do you answer that? And...

Isolated

I have seen almost nobody for years now it is just me, and my brother. Just my brother and the man who cleans and works in the garden once a week I...
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Is a given number divisible?

There are some very simple tests to find a given integer divisible, for instance 180 is divisible by 4, or 21 by 3. We probably did the tests in...

Ghost in the Storm

A Legend by the Fires A legend of ages past tells of a wild child born of the mountains, a drifter cliffs and canyons were his home the soul of the...
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The Tiger

You should realise the difference between how someone is addressed and what you call him. For example you might speak of someone as “Mr Brown” but...

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370 of my comments have received 372 Great Feedback votes

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insect photography

Posted on Tue, 26 Nov 2024

My one uncle photographs of insects for some very well respected thick glossy expensive hardcover books, all of it science stuff. Lately he has been studying dung beetles we've got all kinds here. What a strange interest? I haven't seen photos....

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South African

Posted on Thu, 21 Nov 2024

Ja, Inderdaad. Maar ek is nie 'n Engelsman ook nie 'n Duitser nie, ek is 'n Suid Afrikaner! Yebo!

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Posted in THE OUTTHERE A-EYE CHAT SHOW (second bit)

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Two little boys

Posted on Fri, 07 May 2021

Two little boys had two little toys! A favourite it's like me and my brother. Some people just never grow up! Tom

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Posted in Slugs, Snails and Puppy Dog Tales!

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WITS

Posted on Fri, 01 Nov 2024

I don't understand what it is that makes you think I want something from you?

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Posted in Uncle Justice

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paradox

Posted on Sun, 13 Oct 2024

Come to think of it, "I don't exist" is a paradox, congratulations I believe it must be the shortest paradox there is.

Cheers! Tom

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Posted in I DON'T EXIST

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positive!

Posted on Tue, 12 Nov 2024

Lovely! What a beuatiful optimistic look on Autumn! Excellent desripitions of nature!

All the best! Tom

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Posted in Bright end of autumn

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I like the idea

Posted on Thu, 31 Oct 2024

I like the idea of a halloween spirit can't be seen, and is not always evil. The rhyme scheme is is excsellent. I wonder how you did it?

Quite sophisticated Luigi! Good.

Cheers! Tom

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Posted in Djinn and Tonic

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Very positive

Posted on Tue, 29 Oct 2024

Very positive, optimistic, inspiring , "Listen, can you hear it?  A symphony formed",, "in a symphony that never ends".

I like all your poems - a lot. Great minds think alike! Still have yet to check up the link.

Keep well! Tom...

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Posted in Echoes of the infinite

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me too!

Posted on Mon, 07 Oct 2024

All the best Jenny! Tom

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Posted in Magic Of Youth

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Only been there

Posted on Fri, 25 Oct 2024

Only been there once but this sounds like England  for sure! Tom

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Posted in Tumultuous Autumn

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