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What was that big bet?
I don't remember what this whole computer science argument was about but I was really interested (apparently too interested to remember). It was about this guy placing a big bet that something != something. Sorry for such ambiguity, but I can't recall the details.
- andyn 16y agoP!=NP: "If Vinay Deolalikar is awarded the $1,000,000 Clay Millennium Prize for his proof of P≠NP, then I, Scott Aaronson, will personally supplement his prize by the amount of $200,000." http://scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=456 http://scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=456
- dmak 16y agoPrecisely! Thank you!
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoIt's about P vs NP, and it wasn't a bet, it was just a statement that if the result had been proven then he, Scott Aaronson, would pay money. You can read more about it here on HN: http://searchyc.com/submissions/NP?sort=by_date http://searchyc.com/submissions/NP?sort=by_date If you want authoritative commentary then Lipton's blog is the place to go: If you want an overview of what it all means, I'm about to start writing a series for the non-specialist, non-mathematician, and you can vote for where you'd like me to start: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1674804 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1674804 https://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/the-p≠np-proof-is-one-week-old/ https://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/the-p≠np-proof-is-...