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 Post subject: Re: SPS Journal Club and Discussion Club
PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:45 pm 
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tanboons wrote:
An indication of the difficulty of the outlined tasks by comparison with familiar operations:

Suspend JC/DC: Around the regions of 2x = 4.
Save the topics: Ranks alongside with \sqrt{ x^2 } = 3; sometimes you may forget part of the answer.
Have meaningful discussion: Depends on your definition of meaningful, this follows the challenge of solving first-order differential equations.
Gather enough people to attend: Somewhere amongst the regions of obtaining the solution to Schrodinger equation for a uranium atom, with the all the electrons counted in just for the sheer fun.


Since we're comparing in this way, what if I rank the order of difficulty in the following way:
1. Gather enough people to attend
2. Prove Riemann's hypothesis
3. Solve quantum gravity
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N-1: Suspend JC/DC
N : solve 2x = 4.

Bonus question: If you offer a person $1 million to either (A) Attend JC/DC, or (B) Solve Riemann hypothesis, which task would he/she choose?

PS: For those who don't already know, you will get $1 million if you prove Riemann hypothesis


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 Post subject: Re: SPS Journal Club and Discussion Club
PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:16 am 
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don't forget that we are entering the critical period of the semester now :P :P . i guess it will be low activity for most of us until the exams is over. :cry:

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 Post subject: Re: SPS Journal Club and Discussion Club
PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:17 am 
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edisoned wrote:
don't forget that we are entering the critical period of the semester now :P :P . i guess it will be low activity for most of us until the exams is over. :cry:

Is everyone this busy this time around? I don't remember the existence of any prolonged periods of inactivity in the previous semesters... not this bad anyway...

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 Post subject: Re: SPS Journal Club and Discussion Club
PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:05 pm 
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thongmay wrote:
edisoned wrote:
don't forget that we are entering the critical period of the semester now :P :P . i guess it will be low activity for most of us until the exams is over. :cry:

Is everyone this busy this time around? I don't remember the existence of any prolonged periods of inactivity in the previous semesters... not this bad anyway...



I think it's low activity for extra curricular activities like JC/DC, but when stress sets in, forum activity will be on the rise, if previous trends can be trusted.


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