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Steven Stadnicki
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  • Seattle, WA
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Software engineer and long-time dabbler in mathematics; 11th in the Putnams forever ago but I've long since atrophied.

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How asymptotically bad is naive shuffling?
Nov 6, 2012
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Is regex golf NP-Complete?
Jan 13, 2014
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Are 'zero-one' jigsaw puzzles NP-complete?
Aug 20, 2013
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Rule of thumb to know if a problem could be NP-complete
May 16, 2012
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Prove or refute: BPP(0.90,0.95) = BPP
Jan 8, 2013
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Why is SAT so important in theoretical computer science?
Feb 5, 2021
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How asymptotically bad is naive shuffling?
Nov 9, 2012
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Minimizing the total variation of a sequence of discrete choices
Jun 28, 2012
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Is there a linear-time algorithm for randomly sampling weighted combinations?
Mar 24
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Why can the state space of the 15 puzzle be divided into two separate parts?
Feb 27, 2013
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Does the square or the circle have the greater perimeter? A surprisingly hard problem for high schoolers
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In the history of mathematics, has there ever been a mistake?
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Can a piece of A4 paper be folded so that it's thick enough to reach the moon?
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The Mathematics of Tetris
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if there are 5 points on a sphere then 4 of them belong to a half-sphere.