Conference rusure::math

1.0. "Welcome" by HARE::STAN () Fri Jan 20 1984 20:10

Welcome to MATH.NOT.

Many of us working for DEC were once mathematicians (or still are!)
but are doing something else now for a living (like programming).
This notes file is to let us continue our interest in mathematics.

Use this file to spread the word about interesting new developments
in mathematics, to ask questions or propose puzzles.  If you are
actually doing something mathematical for DEC, let us know.  If you
are writing math programs for your own fun, let us know too.

Rules
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1. This notes file is intended for serious discussions only.
   No chit-chat please.  If you have something to say to a contributor
   that will not be of general interest to those people following
   these notes, then you would be better off sending mail directly
   to that contributor.

2. No DEC-confidential items should be disclosed in here.  If you need
   help with some math problem related to a company-confidential item,
   submit a general summary of the problem and suggest interested parties
   get in touch with you directly.

3. Kindly avoid submitting puzzles with little or no mathematics content.

4. If you submit a math problem, be sure to make it clear whether you
   are looking for a solution to this problem or if you are just
   submitting it to this file for the general edification of the other
   readers. (Give sources if known.)

5. Do not include long computer programs as notes.  Use pointers instead.

[Responses to note 1 are reserved for the creator of this
 note file (STAN) to provide public announcements of generally
 useful information about this file that would interest new
 readers.]

If you are having network difficulties accessing this note file,
please remember that it resides on a cluster and can be accessed
from any node in the cluster (currently  HARE:, TURTLE::, ALGOL::,
and KOBAL::).  So if you can't access it via one node, try another one.

An index to the first year's contributions to this note file
(January 1984 through December 1984 inclusive) can be found in
note 200.

This note file can now be accessed via alias node CLT::.  Using
this node name will mean you will still get access even if
one of the nodes in the cluster is down.  It may also improve
performance.

The two-year index (1984 through 1985, notes 1-400) can be
found in note 400.1.