tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post9172023009209467512..comments2023-12-21T06:35:36.624-05:00Comments on Recursivity: My Talk for the Wilf ConferenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-1827299370830805132011-05-23T23:06:58.922-04:002011-05-23T23:06:58.922-04:00Cool slides, the theorem on p.3 is... astonishing....Cool slides, the theorem on p.3 is... astonishing. I also like the idea of "holes" on p.16.<br /><br />Back when I was in the Air Force, I didn't have access to an academic library, and a large proportion of the math books I could find to self-teach were through a website of free math texts linked from Mr. Wilf's website (don't ask me how I ended up on Mr. Wilf's website to begin with, I've long since forgotten). One of those free texts was in the subject I would later end up studying. So, without ever having met me, Mr. Wilf has had a large influence on me...<br /><br />Also, I'm kicking myself that I didn't have the presence of mind to quote "generatingfunctionology" during my general exam oral. One of my examiners complained that I'd used the word "functionhood" in a written solution. You can see why generatingfunctionology would be topical.Sam Alexanderhttp://www.xamuel.comnoreply@blogger.com