[6] in Professors_Quote_Board
TQOCAPM (11/20/87 - 12/2/87)
balamac@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (balamac@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Dec 6 04:47:36 1987
More from Mattuck...
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I'm certainly glad you filled out the evaluation forms on Wednesday.
(11/20)
I didn't do it last time, but I stated that you could read it in your
book, and that's the same thing. (11/20)
M must be prime, and as soon as I know it's prime I change its name to p.
(11/25)
The purpose of a proof is to be convincing. (11/25)
These codes are not in use except by people who say everything 5 times.
(11/30)
I've written more English on the board this hour than I have the rest of
the term. That's what happens when you do applied mathematics. (11/30)
Proof by handwaving. (11/30)
You're only off by one order of magnitude in Z_2. (11/30)
What's a packing problem? It's a problem in packing. (12/2)
I talk in paradoxes, but they are not paradoxes. (12/2)
Aha! Your have Mattuck syndrome! You fall asleep at unpredictable
moments. (12/2)
Ah hell. Oh, excuse me. (12/2)
So, so, so...what am I trying to say? (12/2)
It's the law of conservation of difficulty. (12/2)
I better help you with 6, otherwise you'll have to read the book...No I
don't. (12/2)
