Root one minus x squared

11 12 2008
Place Course Qualification Length /years Code Offer
Cambridge CS BA 3 G400 If I get one, AAA11*
Imperial JMC MEng 4 GG41 AAAA
Edinburgh CS&M BSc 4 GG14 ABB
Warwick CS MEng 4 G403 AAB
Southampton CS MEng 4 G401 AAB

Cambridge interview seemed to go well (…) - as my mum and then Dr Eves - and then even a hallucination of Dr Eves - said, fingers crossed. Discussed P =? NP and other such lulz, as well as some memorable maths questions (I have an infinite string of bits, initially all zeroed. I increment this binary number repeatedly for a long time. In the long run, if altering a bit is one operation, what is the mean number of operations per increment?)**.

Algorithmics from now on:

Conditional Firm ~ 1st choice Conditional Insurance ~ 2nd choice
if(CambridgeOffer) then Cambridge, else Imperial Edinburgh

* that’s two grade 1s in STEP
** my guess is two, but… uh…

Pax

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