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George Dantzig, 1914-2005

Markus Registrada writes "George Dantzig, the inventor of the Simplex method for solving Linear Programming problems, died on May 13. He was also the now-legendary student who turned in solutions for what he had taken to be a homework assignment, only to find out they had been posted as examples of what were suspected to be unsolvable problems."

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  1. The 13th? by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Well, this is why I visit slashdot, for breaking news stories.

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  2. Mother by miracle69 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Mother
    Tell your children not to walk my way
    Tell your children not to hear my words
    What they mean
    What they say
    Mother

    Mother
    Can you keep them in the dark for life
    Can you hide them from the waiting world
    Oh mother

    Father
    Gonna take you daughter out tonight
    Gonna show her my world
    Oh father

    Not about to see your light
    But if you wanna find hell with me
    I can show you what it's like
    Till your bleeding

    Not about to see your light
    And if you wanna find hell with me
    I can show you what it's

    Mother
    Tell your children not to hold my hand
    Tell your children not to undesrstand
    Oh mother

    Father
    Do you wanna bang heads with me
    Do you wanna feel evrything
    Oh father

    Not about to see your light
    And if you wanna find hell with me
    I can show you what it's like
    Till your bleeding

    Not about to see your light
    And if you wanna find hell with me
    I can show you what it's
    Yea

    Not about to see your light
    But if you wanna find hell with me
    I can show you what it's like
    Till your bleeding

    Not about to see your light
    And if you wanna find hell with me
    I can show you what it's like
    Mother
    Yea

    Oops. Missed the "t".

    Dantzig.

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  3. Danzig? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant
  4. Unsolvable? by at2000 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    If something is unsolvable, coming up a solution is definately impossible. If now we see a solution, that means the person should not have claimed unsolvable. It is at most "no solution to date", like P=?NP.