tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post2487819253732643318..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: Smale's problemsMichael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-51138859224754130902008-04-06T01:07:00.000-07:002008-04-06T01:07:00.000-07:00I may be a little dense here, but it seems to me t...I may be a little dense here, but it seems to me that for people who study algorithms, it has ALWAYS been true that algorithms are worthy of analysis in their own right. <BR/><BR/>Also, the comparison to the Poincare conjecture and Fermat's theorem is not entirely fair to P =? NP, because at least in the latter case, there are direct and serious consequences of (for example) the question being resolved as P = NP, and there are profound philosophical implications of the other direction. I think one would be hard pressed to say this about either of the other two.Suresh Venkatasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.com