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- From: tenny@euclid.uucp (Nathan Tenny)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Topology and CS?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.002125.18042@nntp.uoregon.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 00:21:25 GMT
- Sender: news@nntp.uoregon.edu
- Organization: Department of Mathematics, University of Oregon
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- A question...
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- I'm given to understand that both point-set and low-dimensional topology are of
- some interest in computer science. (At a vague level, I can see where this
- would be true; if you want to know about optimal ways to connect your
- processors, why, that's graph theory.) Now, I'll be getting a degree and
- looking for a job in a couple of years (if all goes well), and it seems like
- this would be a nice thing to know about, because of the job market if for no
- other reason---a topologist who can work usefully with CS people might look
- more interesting than a topologist who can't.
-
- The problem: I have a nodding acquaintance with CS, but not enough to read
- papers in it. The literature I've found on topology and CS seems to be written
- from the CS end.
-
- Could anyone give me a couple of suggestions about where to start reading, or
- possibly even a quick braindump on the subject?
-
- For reference: I'm a third-year graduate student, working in topology;
- 3-manifolds and 2-complexes are my native tongues. I've done a lot of
- programming, but I know computers operationally rather than theoretically.
-
- Thanks.
-
- NT
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