P vs. NP: The Problem Showdown
P vs. NP: The battle of the new millenium
Mathematics is chock full of unsolved problems. Sometimes a problem can last for centuries before the next genius comes along and solves it. P vs. NP is one of those problems. However, unlike many other unsolved problems, P vs. NP has gotten special attention from educators and the media in recent years.
In this article, we’ll briefly talk about the most popular of unsolved mysteries of theoretical computer science: P vs. NP.
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Getting Excited About Things
Many years ago, I started something like this blog. I had begun to learn a lot about the world around me that I wanted a place where I could write about it. That child-like wonder led me to begin writing long, detailed articles about cool (often Computer Science-related) things that I was learning about. I had high hopes for this site as being one of the most interesting sites on the web for cool facts and neat concepts.
Then I found Wikipedia and my heart sank. Who knew that millions of people editing a website 24 hours a day would be able to put out more information than my measly website? Defeated, I hung up my spurs. I almost came back to my writing, then a little thing called “grad school” crept into my life and sucked every ounce of energy I once had for writing about cool and interesting things.
Making a Blog
Welcome to the new blog! As you might have guessed, I am pretty excited about this whole project. This is actually a re-boot of several old writing projects I started way back in college. Now I’m revising, re-writing, and re-scoping everything into a fancy-schmancy WordPress blog.
Over the next several days, I’ll be releasing several blog posts to give everyone a feel for what this project is all about. After that, the posts will (hopefully) show up weekly on Friday mornings.
In the meantime, please feel free to register for comments, and read about why I’m doing this.