tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post1233384953933252805..comments2024-03-28T18:17:00.135-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: The Gauss story is false yet we still tell it. Should we?Lance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-20128123625273807482020-08-03T23:09:01.414-05:002020-08-03T23:09:01.414-05:00I have no doubt Gauss could do this once he could ...I have no doubt Gauss could do this once he could multiply 50 x 101.Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261450441868956052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-12732868182686597222020-08-03T23:07:21.829-05:002020-08-03T23:07:21.829-05:001 to 100 was easy to pair, and realizing 50 was th...1 to 100 was easy to pair, and realizing 50 was the number of 101's took 3 seconds or so, and multiplying 50 x 101 to get 5050 was easy. All this after learning multiplication sufficiently.<br />Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261450441868956052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-22914959676878107512020-08-03T08:04:51.967-05:002020-08-03T08:04:51.967-05:00It's better than true, it's epic.It's better than true, it's epic.Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-19430227022977060022020-08-03T02:34:35.967-05:002020-08-03T02:34:35.967-05:00Leafing through the Hayes article, the story seems...Leafing through the Hayes article, the story seems essentially correct, as told by Gauss himself to others. Maybe not 1 to 100, maybe some more general arithmetic sequence. As a child he noticed he could add in pairs, which allows him to see the formula more easily.<br /><br />The rest seems nitpicking. What is exactly debunked here?Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-58384793277934546402020-08-03T01:35:11.931-05:002020-08-03T01:35:11.931-05:00I did exactly this in fifth grade. I'm no &qu...I did exactly this in fifth grade. I'm no "Gauss", so I don't doubt he did it earlier in life than me.Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261450441868956052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-25736776861630037742020-08-03T01:11:47.895-05:002020-08-03T01:11:47.895-05:00There are much better things to do with your preci...There are much better things to do with your precious time and energy. This is not one of them. Robert Tinghitellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16572335154402321729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-51309979552474633312020-08-02T23:33:17.068-05:002020-08-02T23:33:17.068-05:00I have added a link to a paper by Brian Hayes that...I have added a link to a paper by Brian Hayes that documents the history of the story.gasarchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03004932739846901628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-42153251347598512502020-08-02T23:23:23.382-05:002020-08-02T23:23:23.382-05:00so what's the 'true' story behind this...so what's the 'true' story behind this? <br />Was it actually Gauss that came up with <br />this 'trick' or is the provenance of this<br />incorrect? <br /><br />one might want to jump to slippery slope conclusions that<br />von neumann's stories are false/fabricated? <br />E Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-3460516198535086062020-08-02T22:57:34.006-05:002020-08-02T22:57:34.006-05:00The story's included in Waltershausen's 18...The story's included in Waltershausen's 1856 biography of Gauss: https://archive.org/details/gauss00waltgoog/page/n15/mode/2up, page 4.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com