Monthly Archives: October 2021

Alef’s Corner: QED (two versions)

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Gil Kalai

QED:  Version 2    

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Dream a Little Dream: Quantum Computer Poetry for the Skeptics (Part II, The Classics)

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Gil Kalai

Quantum poetry for the skeptics had long roots, and, also here, Peter Shor along with Jennifer Shor had a pioneering role. Volker Strassen’s response is the earliest poem known to me on the skeptics’ side. We will start with Jennifer … Continue reading →

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Giving a talk at Eli and Ricky’s geometry seminar. (October 19, 2021)

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Gil Kalai

One of my favorite seminars in the world is the Courant Institute (NYU) Geometry seminar that Eli Goodman and Ricky Pollack started in the 1980s (I think). On Tuesday October 19, I will give a seminar, details follow. Jacob Eli … Continue reading →

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To cheer you up in difficult times 32, Annika Heckel’s guest post: How does the Chromatic Number of a Random Graph Vary?

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Gil Kalai

This is a guest post kindly written by Annika Heckel. We first reported about Annika Heckel’s breakthrough in this post. A pdf version of this post can be found here. Pick an -vertex graph uniformly at random. Pick another one. … Continue reading →

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