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- Richard Stanley: Enumerative and Algebraic Combinatorics in the1960’s and 1970’s
- The Argument Against Quantum Computers - A Very Short Introduction
- A sensation in the morning news - Yaroslav Shitov: Counterexamples to Hedetniemi's conjecture.
- Amazing: Jinyoung Park and Huy Tuan Pham settled the expectation threshold conjecture!
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And the Oscar goes to: Meir Feder, Zvi Reznic, Guy Dorman, and Ron Yogev
My mother Carmela Kalai often said that if there was something she is thankful for it was that she was born in the era of movies. Indeed, she loved movies from a very early age throughout her life. So, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Guy Dorman, Meir Feder, Ron Yogev, Zvi Reznic
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A Discussion and a Debate
Heavier than air flight of the 21 century? The very first post on this blog entitled “Combinatorics, Mathematics, Academics, Polemics, …” asked the question “Are mathematical debates possible?” We also had posts devoted to debates and to controversies. A few days ago, … Continue reading
Emmanuel Abbe: Erdal Arıkan’s Polar Codes
Click here for the most recent polymath3 research thread. A new thread is comming soon. Emmanuel Abbe and Erdal Arıkan This post is authored by Emmanuel Abbe A new class of codes, called polar codes, recently made a breakthrough in … Continue reading