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by fgdorais 2y ago
The relevant book Computability in Analysis and Physics by Pour-El and Richards is from 1989 but it is quite readable. The main requirements are a strong mathematical background (mostly in analysis and PDEs and an acquaintance with comput
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by fgdorais 2y ago
This is better known as the Table Maker's Dilemma. Say you have some computable number p, that means you can compute a (rational) approximation p' to p within any given tolerance eps > 0 (i.e. you know |p - p'| < eps).
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by fgdorais 2y ago
Universal Basic Water would be a great achievement!
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by fgdorais 3y ago
There are a lot of "forgiveness rules" but they are tricky. I think you need to consult a lawyer to assess the exact situation. I hope this works out!
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by fgdorais 3y ago
I'm not the expert here, but AOS only applies when you're currently in the US. Has this person been in the US for over a decade without a valid status?
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by fgdorais 3y ago
FWIW, my pathway was: F1, TN1, J1, H1B, green card over a period of 19.5 years... I'm thinking that wasn't optimal :-)
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by fgdorais 3y ago
This is more of a historical question. I have a green card now so this is not currently relevant to me. I wonder about the use of H1B vs O1 in academia. When I was doing postdocs in the US, I was often told that O1 was not the best route an
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by fgdorais 6y ago
What if the visitors are from November of this year?
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by fgdorais 6y ago
Anil Nerode is almost surely the oldest working computer scientist today - https://math.cornell.edu/anil-nerode - He technically is in the math department at Cornell but he has been there since well before Cornell had a com