[time-nuts] Allan

[paul swed]

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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