25 September, 2002

Dear Istvan,

I would like to congratulate you on achieving this large cardinal of years. May you have uncountably many more.

I am sorry that I am not able to attend the celebrations and talk with you about the many pleasurable interactions I have had over the years with yourself, Hajnal and Ildiko.

I recall particularly my visits to Hungary in 1992 (the conference at Vesprem), and in 1995. On the second occasion I had a most interesting time staying in an apartment in the hills of Budapest, traveling round the city in a world in which my linguistic intersection with the local population was a set of measure zero.

I especially enjoyed the stimulating discussions we had that resulted in our joint paper in the Journal of Symbolic Logic.

The Algebraic Logic Department in Budapest has made a magnificent contribution to the development of the subject, one of which you can be justly proud. Long may it continue.

With very best wishes,

Rob Goldblatt