"St. Magnus"

Magnus Jiborn

A classical problem in political theory is how to explain unpopular and oppressive minority rule. How can a small minority manage to dominate a much larger population against its will? How come the oppressed majority does not revolt? Two rival approaches can be distinguished: the coordination theory, according to which the power of the minority rests on coordinated action among the minority and...

Magnus expansions and beyond

In this brief review we describe the coming of age of Magnus expansions as an asymptotic and numerical tool in the investigation of linear differential equations in a Lie-group and homogeneous-space setting. Special attention is afforded to the many connections between modern theory of geometric numerical integration and other parts of mathematics: from abstract algebra to differential geometry...

Peggy Magnus Burnett

Musings on Magnus

The object of this paper is to describe a simple method for proving that certain groups are residually torsion-free nilpotent, to describe some new parafree groups and to raise some new problems in honour of the memory of Wilhelm Magnus.

The Magnus-Derek game

We introduce a new combinatorial game between two players: Magnus and Derek. Initially, a token is placed at position 0 on a round table with n positions. In each round of the game Magnus chooses the number of positions for the token to move, and Derek decides in which direction, + (clockwise) or − (counterclockwise), the token will be moved. Magnus aims to maximize the total number of position...