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Why Study Logic?
Before and after it is mechanized… Peter Andrews is a Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has...
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Rabin-Scott Time
Nondeterminism—why did it take so long? 2010 interview src1, Society for Science src2 Michael Rabin and Dana Scott won the 1976 Turing Award. They obtained their...
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Logicians are Everywhere
So where were they between 1720 and 1820? Helena Rasiowa was a famous logician from Poland. She visited Case Western Reserve University when I was an undergraduate...
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The Gift of Nonconstructivity
Can we quantify “nonconstructive advantage”? Japan Times source Péter Frankl has been in the news again this year. The news is substantial partial progress on his...
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Fusion Breakthrough or Increment?
And could a barrier be lurking? Her DoE page Jennifer Granholm is the U.S. Secretary of Energy in President Joe Biden’s cabinet. Last week, she said at a press...
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A Mutation Carol 2
Ghosts of creations past and citations not present Domenico Amalfitano, Ana Paiva, Alexis Inquel, Luis Pinto, Anna Rita Fasolino, and René Just are the authors...
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Quantum Circuits in the New York Times
Can quantum circuits have something to do with wormholes? Wikipedia src Maria Spiropulu, a physicist at the California Institute of Technology, is featured in an...
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The Gerrymanders Have It
The real winner of the 2022 midterms in the House David Wasserman is an elections analyst for the Cook Political Report. He is known for forecasting the results...
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Legal Complexity
Formal logical methods may be needed to represent the Donald Trump documents case her page Monica Palmirani is a Professor of Computer Science and Law at the University...
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A Theoretical Question About UAPs
What should be the Bayesian prior for a new NASA study? Crop from ‘Interstellar’ discussion David Spergel is a physics professor emeritus of Princeton University...
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Juris Hartmanis 1928–2022
A sure foundation for Computational Complexity source—wonderful 2015 CACM interview Juris Hartmanis passed away this morning. He was a professor in Cornell’s computer...
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Complexity 2022
Weaving patterns of proof and the accepted papers for this week’s conference her bio page Karen Donde is the Chair of Complexity 2022, which is being held this...
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The Fallows of Medium Data
Who will curate less-prominent datasets? Presidential Biography src Samuel Fallows was a bishop in the Reformed Episcopal Church. He was born in 1835 and headed...
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The Graph of Ancestors
Is there an “Implex Method” in complexity theory? Wikipedia src Bill Wyman was the bass guitarist of the Rolling Stones until 1993. He married Mandy Smith in 1989...
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Sorting and Proving
A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts—Morris Kline Tony Hoare is also known informally as Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare. He has made key contributions...
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An Ozone Hole in Logic
Set Theory proved to be perpetually paradoxigenic… Poem and analysis src Mr. Apollinax might have made a good escort for Lofa Polir, had she lived a hundred years...
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The 2021 Turing Award
If a machine is expected to be infallible, it cannot also be intelligent.—Alan Turing Jack Dongarra has just won the 2021 Turing Award. Congrats to him. Dongarra...
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Waiting For Self-Deriving Cars
Once you trust a self-driving car with your life, you pretty much will trust Artificial Intelligence with anything—Dave Waters. ITProToday src Keith Kirkpatrick...
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Meta Wishes
When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works because in that brief moment when the coin is in the air, you suddenly know what you are hoping for. Neil...
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Are These the Last Digits of Pi?
Ghoulish reflections on whether mathematics is emergent Composite of src1, src2 Thomas Keller and Heiko Rölke led a team at the University of Applied Sciences in...12