ARC Colloquium - The Knuth Prize Lecture: The Stories Behind the Results

Series
Other Talks
Time
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 1:00pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Klaus 1116
Speaker
Dick Lipton – School of Computer Science, Georgia Tech
Organizer

Please Note: Hosted by Dana Randall

I will present a number of stories about some results that I think highlight how results get proved and how they do not. These will span problems from almost all areas of theory, and will include both successes and failures. I hope that beyond the actual results you will enjoy and hopefully profit from the stories.