Monthly Archives: June 2016

The One-Line Maze Program in MATLAB

Posted on June 29, 2016 by

A classic one-line program for the Commodore 64 microcomputer is 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); GOTO 10 This is essentially what was printed in the section “Random Graphics” of the Commodore 64 User’s Guide (1982). The program prints a random maze that … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Charlie Van Loan

Posted on June 21, 2016 by

Charlie Van Loan, Joseph C. Ford Professor of Engineering in the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University, retires in summer 2016. Charlie has been a huge inspiration to me and many others, not least through his book Matrix Computations, … Continue reading →

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Acronymous Thoughts

Posted on June 15, 2016 by

According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary (COD, 11th ed., 2004), “An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of other words”. Here are some well-known examples. AIDS: acquired immune deficiency syndrome, laser: light amplification by stimulated emission … Continue reading →

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Publication Peculiarities: More Examples

Posted on June 1, 2016 by

Here are some additions to previous posts in my Publication Peculiarities series. As another meta-title, to add to those in Publication Peculiarities: Papers, I offer D. S. Collens, Remark on remarks on Algorithm 48: Logarithm of a complex number, Comm. … Continue reading →

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