Post #306070
2026-02-16 12:48 UTC
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@anna@mathstodon.xyz 2026-02-16 12:55
To those who are interested in the 1984 entries: On page 633 they discuss the development of interior point methods, following the work of Narendra Karmarkar in 1984, page 810 contains the associated bibliography entry, and page 811 contains the bibliography entry for the English translation of Levin's paper on Universal Search Problems. I don't know why 1984 is the only year with an index entry. I can only assume it's an Easter egg. #Search #ComputationalComplexity #1984 #Algorithms #ProfessorLife #EasterEgg #AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter
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@RevEricBurrowsStone@deacon.social 2026-02-16 12:50
@anna nice! I’ve always appreciated a solid index!
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@emily_s@mastodon.me.uk 2026-02-16 13:28
@anna only two code comments? I guess they leave them in the main part of the text rather than code its self.
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@0rkk0@mastodon.social 2026-02-16 13:34
@anna what book is this? IS it *Algorithm design*? https://a.co/d/03Vmps7Y
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@edavies@functional.cafe 2026-02-16 14:03
@anna OK, but have they made the K&R joke? https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/b9db36/the_original_edition_of_kr_the_c_programming/
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@cavyherd@wandering.shop 2026-02-16 14:49
@anna It's like the Oxford English Dictionary's entry for "water". Which goes on for •pages•....
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@rk@mastodon.well.com 2026-02-16 16:31
@anna “The map is not the territory.” Kleinberg & Tardos: Hold our beer.
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@mistersql@mastodon.social 2026-02-16 17:34
@anna Old fashioned machine stupidity instead of LLM stupidity, the old ways are being preserved.