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Just gonna leave us wondering about the algorithm, eh?

In arithmetic geometry, the Cox–Zucker machine is an algorithm created by David A. Cox and Steven Zucker. This algorithm determines whether a given set of sections[further explanation needed] provides a basis (up to torsion) for the Mordell–Weil group of an elliptic surface E → S, where S is isomorphic to the projective line.

Or was that just me?

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I wasn’t very curious since according to them, the primary point of the paper was making a joke. I assumed the algorithm wasn’t groundbreaking or truly interesting, just something that could be published.

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lemmy.world

Wasn't there an actual NASA project called C3PO? I'm vaguely remembering a MattPatt video from Pre-FNAF days

Update: NASAS Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office (C3PO)

It looked like it ended in 2013 but my memory was still right

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A thing to note is that they didn't name the algorithm. It was 5 years later when Charles Schwartz gave it that name

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