The following podcast and video presentation are based on the essay Georg Hetzer and Applied Math at Auburn by Paul G. Schmidt, written in 2022 for a special issue of Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems (DCDS) dedicated to Georg Hetzer on the occasion of his 75th birthday.
The final paragraph of Paul's essay reads:
"Georg retired effective August 2021. I don't know whether you realized it, Wenxian, but you are in charge now! You've been the queen all along, but the three musketeers who fought for you rode off into the sunset. You are safe though -- Richelieu [24] and Milady [25] are gone too. Your realm is in great shape, your people is thriving, and the future is bright. Make sure the young ones know and remember how it all started. And, you young ones, mi raccomando [26]: don't let us down! Carry the torch forward and make sure Georg's legacy lives on. Tous pour un, un pour tous. All for one, and one for all."
[24] Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu (Cardinal Richelieu), chief minister to Louis XIII of France, renowned for his political gamesmanship.
[25] Milady Laurence de Winter, a fictional agent of Richelieu in Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers.
[26] Mi raccomando — Italian for "I beg you," with a subtly threatening tone ("you'd better...").
''Note: NotebookLM currently mislabels Wenxian as "he" in the narration; please mentally correct the pronoun to "she." ''
- Download the podcast here
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- View the special volume of DCDS, dedicated to Georg, and read Paul's essay here
The podcast and video presentation were generated by Le using NotebookLM powered by Google Gemini as of Nov. 2025.