#ATTENDANCE QUIZ FOR LECTURE 8 of Dr. Z.'s Math454(02) Rutgers University

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THE NUMBER OF ATTENDANCE QUESTIONS WERE:
4

PLEASE LIST ALL THE QUESTIONS FOLLOWED, AFTER EACH BY THE ANSWER

Q1:
Where was the founder and president of OEIS born?
What is their DOB?
A1:
Neil Sloane, born October 10, 1939


Q2:
Who is the most famous colleague of Tutte in WWII?
A2:
He worked in Bletchley Park doing cryptanalysis, so I reckon his most famous colleague was Alan
Turing. 


Q3:
M.C. "Marko" Schutzenberger is considered by many people a "crackpot" even
though he is a respected mathematician/computer scientist/linguist.
Why do some people consider him a "crackpot"?
A3:
From Wikipedia, apparently he was "deeply involved in a struggle against the
votaries of neo-Darwinism. I guess he had a strange view on evolution. 


Q4:
Why was Dr. Z. dissapointed by the great mathematician Sir W.T. Gowers?
A4:
I have no idea... was it because he boycotted the Elsevier company?
I couldn't find anything too controversial.