#ATTENDANCE QUIZ FOR LECTURE 1 of Dr. Z.'s Math454(02) Rutgers University

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#Right after the first lecture Sept. 3, 2020, i.e. by 8:10pm
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#DATE: 9/8/2020
#NAME: Michael Saunders

#Q1. HOW MANY HOUSES CAN YOU BUILD FROM  7 STONES ACCORDING TO THE KABBALA (JEWISH MYSTICISM)?

#YOUR ANSWER to Q1:
5040 houses from 7 stones. according to Mishna 16.


#Q2. WHY THE ANSWER FOR 8 STONES IS TOO LARGE (FOR THE AUTHORS OF THE BOOK OF CREATION)?

#YOUR ANSWER to Q2:
I don't know... because it isn't a mystical number? It is a number "which the mouth cannot speak and the ear cannot hear."


#Q3. WHAT PRIZE DID ROBERT TARJAN GET?

#YOUR ANSWER to Q3:
According to Robert Tarjan's Wikipedia page... he receieved the following prizes/awards:
Nevanlinna Prize in 1983,
Turing Award with John Hopcroft in 1986,
Paris Kanellakis Award in 1999, 
and the Caltech Distinguised Alumni Award in 2010.