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Previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18292061 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18292061 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2396861
by layer8 2y ago
Previous discussions:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18292061 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18292061
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23968618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23968618
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39325146 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39325146
See also:
https://mathsci.fandom.com/wiki/The_Haruhi_Problem https://mathsci.fandom.com/wiki/The_Haruhi_Problem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superpermutation#Lower_bounds,_or_the_Haruhi_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superpermutation#Lower_bounds,...
- Izkata 2y agoThe image in the upper-right of the Fandom link was how it was posted in the 4chan thread, little disappointing it's left out of most posts about it. The character is actually from Steins;Gate, not The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: https://steins-gate.fandom.com/wiki/Kurisu_Makise https://steins-gate.fandom.com/wiki/Kurisu_Makise
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- Hamuko 2y agoKurisu in front of a whiteboard with "You should be able to solve this" is a fairly famous post format. https://www.google.com/search?udm=2&q=%22You%20should%20be%20able%20to%20solve%20this%22 https://www.google.com/search?udm=2&q=%22You%20should%20be%2...
- dang 2y agoWow I had no idea. Thanks! Macroexpanded: Unscrambling the hidden secrets of superpermutations - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39325146 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39325146 - Feb 2024 (8 comments) Mystery math whiz and novelist advance permutation problem - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36191831 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36191831 - June 2023 (92 comments) An Anonymous 4chan Post Helped Solve a 25-Year-Old Math Puzzle (2018) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23968618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23968618 - July 2020 (7 comments) Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved an interesting problem - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18292061 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18292061 - Oct 2018 (198 comments) If anyone can find other threads in this set, let me know and I'll add them here.