Computational Complexity and other fun stuff in math and computer science from Lance Fortnow and Bill Gasarch
Friday, May 30, 2008
R-O-S-E
Rose Sloan, daughter of UIC theorist Robert Sloan, is one of a dozen finalists in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The finals will be broadcast tonight on the ABC network at 8 PM Eastern.
Good luck Rose!
Update: Rose lasted until round 11 and ended up tied for fourth. Congratulations!
Wow, one of the words she was given (and correctly spelled) was "quaternion"!
Hmmm, what would be difficult words for a Math/CS-specific bee? Words like ergodic, plethysm, cobordism, and grassmannian aren't all that hard. Of course it would be more challenging if you had to give a definition...
Congratulations to my wife's college roommate's daughter!
Wow, one of the words she was given (and correctly spelled) was "quaternion"!
ReplyDeleteHmmm, what would be difficult words for a Math/CS-specific bee? Words like ergodic, plethysm, cobordism, and grassmannian aren't all that hard. Of course it would be more challenging if you had to give a definition...
Congratulations to my wife's college roommate's daughter!