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Fun fact about the pumping lemma - my best friend's grandparent worked on it (Eli Shamir). When we were taught it during my bsc the TA who knew he was the grand
by yard2010 3y ago
Fun fact about the pumping lemma - my best friend's grandparent worked on it (Eli Shamir). When we were taught it during my bsc the TA who knew he was the grandson of one of the inventors, asked during the lecture where he was, if he could say something about his grandfather, and it turns out he played hockey from the class to work on something else, embarrassing!
The pumping lemma is a great milestone in this field, so simple, yet so powerful.
- remram 3y ago> he played hockey from the class to work on something else Sorry I can't parse that
- thedailymail 3y agoI think hockey is supposed to be hooky.
- remram 3y agoAs in, the grandson wasn't attending when the TA asked him the question. I see.
- jappgar 3y agoPretty sure they meant "playing hooky" :)
- dgfitz 3y agoDid you mean "played hooky" instead of "played hockey" by chance? :)
- aleph_minus_one 3y ago> The TA [...] asked during the lecture where he was, if he could say something about his grandfather, it turns out he played [hooky] from the class to work on something else, embarrassing! If the "working on something else" means "working on some hard research problem", this is not embarrassing, but stylish. :-)