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This course is about astronomy -- we have to think globally.
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I found that my algorithm had a lot of trouble dividing a 125 vertex graph into two equal-sized pieces.
— David Johnson
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You cannot be taxed for polynomial time. Everyone has a right to polynomial computation. That is one of the basic rights that you have.
— Sylvio Micali
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You have to use words, and unfortunately all the good ones are used up.
— Joel Moses
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The fact that we don't have to deal with people is an advantage.
— Joel Moses
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Dwork: I can be bribed to be enthusiastic.
Birman: Now that we've established that, what's your price?
— Cynthia Dwork
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You need a mathematical induction for small numbers that works for a little bit and then peters out.
— Juris Hartmanis
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The proof is going to be by induction because every proof's by induction.
— Jim Hook
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I'll leave it as an exercise. Or you can look in Knuth and find it as an exercise there.
— John Gilbert
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Is there any rigorous definition of a Mandelbrot set or is it as undefined as Mandelbrot himself? Doesn't he look a lot like a Mandelbrot set?
— Juris Hartmanis
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I've always been afraid that if I address something "To Whom it May Concern," it won't concern anyone.
— Sue Manning
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What will Constable teach this year? Well we know what he will teach, we just don't know what course number he will teach it under.
— Juris Hartmanis
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These proofs probably aren't correct. I 've never proved anything with probability one.
— Juris Hartmanis
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If I get shot in class, nobody will notice.
— Sam Toueg
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What we really need is a building. So all of you graduate, become rich, ...
— Juris Hartmanis
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