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Newton came up with this, and I'm really happy to say that the greatest mathematician who ever lived was the founder of my field of study.
— Stephen Vavasis,
CS 222
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Hauskholder came up with this algorithm when he was in his fifties, which gave me quite a relief. Because, you know, Gauss came up with all his stuff when he was twenty. Hauskholder showed me that I still have time left.
— Stephen Vavasis,
who is in his mid-30s
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When I was learning to cross-country ski, they told me about the fall line, but I really think of it as the negative gradient.
— Stephen Vavasis,
CS 222
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Exam question: Hunter Rawlings, the president of Cornell, is taller than Professor Vavasis. Can you name anyone else taller than Professor Vavasis? (Full credit will also be given if you can name anyone shorter than Professor Vavasis.)
— Stephen Vavasis,
CS 222
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Backwards stability is the holy grail of a scientific computer scientist.
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CS 222
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Scientific computation is the oldest, and most interesting part of computer science. Someday, when we have holodecks like on Star Trek, everyone will be begging for us, and we'll make millions. But in the meantime, we'll just continue on crack propagation.
— Stephen Vavasis,
CS 222
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I'm Greek, so I guess I have the right to use any Greek letter I want in this class.
— Stephen Vavasis,
CS 222
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I learned this in high school, but since you probably didn't go to the same high school I went to, you might not have learned this.
— Stephen Vavasis,
CS 222
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Wilkenson...Wilkenson...Wilkenson...Wilkenson...
— Stephen Vavasis,
CS 222
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The clock on the wall says we still have a few minutes before class, but since I just set my watch to the atomic clock in Colorado, I know that it's time to start now.
— Stephen Vavasis,
CS 222
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A few students asked me to use wide boards, so I'll try using wide boards and we'll see how that works.
— Stephen Vavasis,
CS 222
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Matlab is a premier scientific computation language (turns around and writes down "Matlab is a premier scientific computation language", a trend which continued throughout every lecture of the entire semester).
— Stephen Vavasis,
CS 222
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