Saturday, May 17, 2025

If your last name was Zahl, what would be your job?

Professor of mathematics of course! What is in a name?

Like this gentlemen: "Joshua Zahl, Associate Professor, [University of British Columbia], Department of Mathematics"

P.S. Zahl is German for number. But his name is no match for Rübezahl, a folkloric mountain spirit and the the subject of many legends and fairy tales. Zahl appears to be a common Norwegian surname.

Credits: A Three-Dimensional Breakthrough

Professor Zahl



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