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I think too much about matrices.
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So now whenever one mentions how smooth a spline is at a cocktail, you can prove it on the back of a napkin.
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Nov. 3, 1980
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Write your matrix on a mobius strip.
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Oct. 31, 1980
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If you're a FORTRAN dude like me, ...
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Here's the theorem we are going to prove: it is fairly painless and the result is quite dramatic.
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Oct. 31, 1980
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This is crude, but, um, I'm that sort of guy.
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Oct. 22, 1980
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It's hard to differentiate FORTRAN subroutines.
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Oct. 22, 1980
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If you can find a quadratic equation with three roots, come find me at my office hours, or even on my estate.
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Oct. 17, 1980
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Householder did his work in the fifties - he was one of the founders of Numerical Algebra. He is now retired in Malibu. This will happen one day to me too: the "Van-Loan Matrix" has two columns at the top and three at the bottom. For that they'll let me retire in Elmira.
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Oct. 10, 1980
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I hate least squares.
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Oct. 6, 1980
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