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TenaliRaman
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Algorithmic Zinger
« on: Feb 20th, 2006, 2:41am » |
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Thought i would share this article i read recently,
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~chazelle/iPod
Thoughts and comments?
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Re: Algorithmic Zinger
« Reply #1 on: Feb 20th, 2006, 1:00pm » |
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Nice light reading, although I didn't find any new insight. He does write smoothly (I must say, though, that I found the repeated humor tiring after a short while).
If you liked this article, I'd like to recommend to you a book I finished recently, that deals with similar topics, but in a more thorough manner. It is called "Minds, machines, and the Multiverse" by Julian Brown, and, despite it's "subtitle" -- the quest for Quantum Computer -- it's not just about that.
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TenaliRaman
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Re: Algorithmic Zinger
« Reply #2 on: Feb 23rd, 2006, 10:50pm » |
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on Feb 20th, 2006, 1:00pm, BNC wrote:| Nice light reading, although I didn't find any new insight. He does write smoothly (I must say, though, that I found the repeated humor tiring after a short while). |
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My thoughts exactly. However, i did wonder about certain things like algorithmic proofs. Yes, i am sure we have dealt with certain problem right here in this forum using an algorithmic approach. But then, making a claim like "the proof to some of the hardest problems lies in this approach" sounds a bit odd to me. Pardon me, if i read the article the wrong way. In any case, i just wanted to know, whether that claim sounds odd or does it sound justified to people of this forum. Just simple personal opinions expected ofcourse.
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