Mike Trick’s post on the status of P=NP is required reading. He writes about a new review paper on the status of P=NP (by Lance Fortnow at Northwestern) and its corresponding New York Times article. I had not heard about either. There have been a few recent developments on the P=NP front (check out the blog Godel’s Lost Letter and P=NP for updates). I have trouble keeping track of all of the news and had always felt like a review article was needed. I am thrilled that one now exists, along with the newspaper article to explain the concept more clearly to non-experts. I will be using both in some of my classes. For more info, please check out Mike Trick’s blog post.
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October 9th, 2009 at 11:12 am
“He writes about a new review paper on the status of P=NP (by Lance Fortnow at Northwestern) and its corresponding New York Times article. I had not heard about either.”
Hm, didn’t you?
😉
Kind regards,
fbahr
October 9th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Thanks! I guess I remember reading that article but didn’t make the connection until you pointed it out. (I tweeted that the week our classes started and was a bit frazzled). I am touched that someone actually paid attention–kudos fbahr! This also indicates how much I like Mike Trick’s post–it made much more of an impression to me than the original article I read.