Three Puzzles on Mathematics, Computation, and Games

01/08/2018
by   Gil Kalai, et al.
0

In this lecture I will talk about three mathematical puzzles involving mathematics and computation that have preoccupied me over the years. The first puzzle is to understand the amazing success of the simplex algorithm for linear programming. The second puzzle is about errors made when votes are counted during elections. The third puzzle is: are quantum computers possible?

READ FULL TEXT

Please sign up or login with your details

Forgot password? Click here to reset