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Hamming of the hamming code fame was saying exactly this in one of his lectures. His computer was slow enough that one iteration in finding optimal trajectory f
by crististm 9y ago
Hamming of the hamming code fame was saying exactly this in one of his lectures. His computer was slow enough that one iteration in finding optimal trajectory for a missile took several minutes, enough to allow him to get insight into what the 'curious' results meant.
(In that particular story, it meant that for a ballistic missile the optimal trajectory was to shoot it straight up and steer it on the way down instead of steering it on an elliptic path from the get go)
- sytelus 9y agoWhere can we find more about this story?
- crististm 9y agoLook up "you and your research" on youtube. He mentioned that story in a couple of lectures, one time in the one about simulation: https://youtu.be/O5Ml5kPouG8?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30&t=688 https://youtu.be/O5Ml5kPouG8?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30&t=688 I recommend the whole course though.