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August 12 - September 16, 2017
The word “algorithm” comes from the name of Persian mathematician al-Khwārizmī, author of a ninth-century book of techniques for doing mathematics by hand.
When balancing favorite experiences and new ones, nothing matters as much as the interval over which we plan to enjoy them.
explore when you will have time to use the resulting knowledge, exploit when you’re ready to
cash in. The interval makes the strategy.
As so often happens in mathematics, though, the particular is the gateway to the universal.
