To learn like Solon and to teach like Socrates; to guide the eager young, and find the intellectual love of comrades.
(La Rouchefoucauld spoke in praise of Plato for his knowing how to grow old.)
You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivety. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover. (Henri Matisse) picture
Quo-Shin Chi
Soaring: picture
Department of Mathematics
Washington University
St. Louis, MO 63130
Office: Rm. 210, Cupples I
Tel. #: 314-935-6757
email: chi@math.wustl.edu
Selected 2002 and 2005 Who's Who Among America's Teachers
Courses taught in Spring 2026:
Math 3300 (Course Description is available on Canvas) pdf
Lao Tze: Tao (The Void) generates one, one generates two, two generates three, and three generates all beings.
Set Theory: 0 (The empty set) generates 1, 1 generates 2, 2 generates 3, and 3 (numerals) generates all mathematics.
Escher: Behold!
An anatomy of research: pictures
The magic of plastic surgery: picture
(Raphael 1509) The School of Athens
(Let No One Ignorant of Geometry Enter)
