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Why is this interesting? - The P vs. NP Edition

On computer science, algorithms, and the meaning of hard problems

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Noah Brier
Sep 30, 2020
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Noah here. A few years ago, I went deep into a physics and math rabbit hole. I can’t remember if it started with books or YouTube lectures, but what began as an interest in understanding some scientific basics like E=mc^2, cascaded into reading about quantum mechanics and the Poincaré Conjecture. There was some real magic in trying to wrap my head aroun…

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