Gunnar Krug found a trivial error in my collection of theorems and formulas for the mathematical olympiad (see math documents). Updated the document, also improving the overall appearance a little bit. However, there’s still so many things I would do different if I wrote the document now (it’s been way back in 2004 or so). But sorry, haven’t got enough time to fix these things right now!
Formeln und Sätze updated
November 14th, 2009ÖMO-Fortgeschrittenenkurs
July 4th, 2009Just updated the homepage of our annual course at Graz University of Technology for participants of the Austrian Mahematical Olympiad (ÖMO). Every month there will be a Saturday of teaching various mathematical topics to students in the age between 15 and 18. I will talk about combinatorics in January and February 2010.
USI-Kleeblattlauf
June 23rd, 2009On Friday, I participated at the annual “Kleeblattlauf” organized by the institute for sports (USI) of the University of Graz. As every year, the relay race in teams of four lead us up the Rosenberg. The ascent combined with possibly this-year’s-record-breaking heat was quite exhaustive. However, our results (especially mine 
) were quite okay:
| Peter | 18:28 |
| Jan | 12:24 |
| Christian | 16:20 |
| Christopher | 15:16 |
Here are some pictures taken before the running:
Stanzoptimierung
June 18th, 2009Finished the optimization project I’ve worked on the last few weeks: Together with Eranda Dragoti-Cela, Elisabeth Gassner, Johannes Hatzl and Bettina Klinz I created a C++ program that optimizes the configuration and punching plan of a punching machine. The machine will start to operate in a Polish factory this summer. Below are some pictures of it.
Rindfleischfest
June 18th, 2009The homepage about the Styrian “Rindfleischfest” for the Chamber of Agriculture is finished and online under www.rindfleischfest.at. It’s a rather simple, but beautiful and hopefully informative PHP website presenting the schedule of the festival and various companies and organisations participating.
Mathematik C für Elektrotechniker
May 8th, 2009Published the script I wrote for third semester mathematics for electrical engineers. This is a joint 2007/08 work with Florian Lehner, based on work by Christian Meisl dating back to 1995. It’s still full of errors and typos, so please contact me if you find any! See the math documents page for the download link.
Kal
May 8th, 2009Just visited a free concert of Kal at the Orpheum in Graz. It was awesome! They call their style “Rock ‘n Roma”, a mixture of gipsy folk music and finest punk sounds. Absolutely shakable! 
The atmosphere was great, and though there were not that many people, you might have got the feeling that they were becoming more and more… I bought both of their albums, KAL (2006) and Radio Romanista (2008). Hope to see them back in Graz or somewhere else in Austria soon!
Liegen lernen
May 6th, 2009Great 2003 film (English title: “Learning to Lie”) by Hendrik Handloegten / X film, who also produced the films “Lola rennt” and “Goodbye Lenin”. From the soundtrack: e.g. Otomo by Tarwater, Inspite of Me by Morphine. I love the music playing when Helmut slips into the rain puddle, apparently it’s “Cotier Liegen Lernen” by Denzel and Huhn. Haven’t found a free full version of the song on the internet, but you can listen to a sample at Amazon.
The Jacket theme
April 22nd, 2009Fell in love with the theme of the movie “The Jacket” (as in the love scene, the final scene, or this loop) one more time. It’s simply great! Simple, but simply great. Is it “Fleeting Smile” by Roger Eno? Or is it “Sudottu” by 76, as some say? Though having searched a really long time, couldn’t find the whole song… Any help appreciated!
