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An interview with Robert Soare

An interview with Robert Soare

University of Chicago's Robert Soare, the Paul Snowden Russell Distinguished Service Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, offers his reflections on Alan Turing.

By Arefin Huq, March 2012

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Tags: Mathematical Logic, People, Theory

Invitation to complexity theory

Invitation to complexity theory

Complexity theory provides new viewpoints on various phenomena that were considered by past thinkers.

By Oded Goldreich, March 2012

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Tags: Complexity Measures and Classes, General, Mathematical Logic

The tale of the PCP theorem

The tale of the PCP theorem

How the search for the limits of computing led to the discovery of the unexpected power of proofs.

By Dana Moshkovitz, March 2012

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Tags: Mathematical Logic, Nonnumerical Algorithms and Problems, Numerical Algorithms and Problems