Berlekamp came to MIT and gave a talk for us, and after that we talked about Go and Chess and other things and took him out to eat.
I can vouch for the fact that he is a truly humble and modest person and is a real joy to talk to. It was all thoroughly enjoyable. - Don On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Richard Brown <batma...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Álvaro Begué <alvaro.be...@gmail.com> > wrote: > [... Read "Winning Ways" first...] > > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Aldric Giacomoni <ald...@trevoke.net> > wrote: > >> Has anyone read this book? > >> > http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d.html/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/176-9930046-0953944?a=1568810326 > >> > >> What do you think of the contents? > > You can see and hear Elwyn Berlekamp delivering a 2006 talk about > "Mathematics and Go" (culminating in a discussion of "coupon go") at: > > http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=005B561126D6A51E . > > The content of that video is interesting for at least one reason: > Berlekamp was speaking to a crowd of non-go-players, and so > his historical "fluff" is well-designed for giving such an audience > a quick introduction to the historical significance of go in Asian > culture, comparing it to the letters and science of Europe over > the same time period. > > Berlekamp spoke to the "Letters and Science Faculty Forum" > of the UC-Berkeley Faculty Club. > > Among other things, he also analyzes the endgame from a > go game between "Jujo" Jiang and Rui, Naiwei. > > Perhaps it was false modesty on his part, but it seemed to > me that Berlekamp knows full well that his own work is just > a drop in the bucket, and that future go-mathematicians > would ultimately, inevitably, go far beyond his meager efforts. > > As Álvaro notes: > > The whole theory is fascinating, but in the case of go it's only > > relevant when the game has been reduced to a number of completely > > independent small regions (if at all). I don't have the book with me > > to check, but I think they didn't have a good way to analyze kos. > > I think that Berlekamp would admit to the irrelevance and > incompleteness of his own work, if you pressed him on it. > > The video is definitely worth a look. > -- > Rich > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ >
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