Three Puzzles on Mathematics, Computation, and Games
Combinatorics
2018-01-09 v1 Computational Complexity
Optimization and Control
Quantum Physics
Abstract
In this lecture I will talk about three mathematical puzzles involving mathematics and computation that have preoccupied me over the years. The first puzzle is to understand the amazing success of the simplex algorithm for linear programming. The second puzzle is about errors made when votes are counted during elections. The third puzzle is: are quantum computers possible?
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@article{arxiv.1801.02602,
title = {Three Puzzles on Mathematics, Computation, and Games},
author = {Gil Kalai},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.02602},
year = {2018}
}
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ICM 2018 plenary lecture, Rio de Janeiro, 36 pages, 7 Figures