I bet you were one of those nerdy kids who couldn't wait for school to start in the fall, weren't you Owen?
Those are some difficult problems; sadly I have no time to collaborate. --Doug On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, wanna do some computer science?! > > Steve and I are taking CS500 via distanced learning from UNM: > http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/%7Emoore/500/500.html > It is based on a book soon to be published by Cris Moore and Stephen > Mertens: > http://www.nature-of-computation.org/ > > Cris is the prof for the class, and his homework is unusual: he wants us to > collaborate with each other within the class, and for those of us distance > learners, with people we know in our communities. The problems are > difficult enough that he feels it unlikely a single individual could do all > of them. Here are our last two assignments. Note the heading encouraging > collaboration: > http://backspaces.net/temp/HW3/homework2orig1.pdf > http://backspaces.net/temp/HW3/homework3orig1.pdf > > The same directory contains three chapter pre-prints used for the homework > sets. > > So here's the question: is anyone interested in working on these problems > with Steve and me? > > Basically meet, exchange email or use skype or phone to suggest ways to > solve the problems, or references that might be useful. Kinda like a Santa > Fe Complex Project! Its part of our project to improve higher education in > Santa Fe. We can show past CS500 lectures at SFX if it would help > participants. > > -- Owen > > > > _
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