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Late for the plane - Abstraction and Optimisation

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A Mathematician's Holiday
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Thomas Woolley
William Binzi
Keywords
abstraction
optimisation
Department: Mathematical Institute
Date Added: 24/10/2014
Duration: 00:07:40

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