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EWD Manuscripts 700–799

(1979–81)

summaries
EWD number Size (KB) Title
700 60 An examination exercise, designed by W.H.J.Feijen
701 47 Two theorems on (what I have called) continuously mixed sequences
702 277 In reaction to Ernest Chang’s “Deadlock Detection”
703 189 A tutorial on the split binary semaphore
704 51 A machine for image construction in tomography
705 92

Verkavelde berekeningen, hun mogelijkheden en moeilijkheden

706 244 Image reconstruction in two-dimensional tomography
707 37 Dear Mr.X of Company Y
708 76 When messages may crawl
709 344 My hopes of computing science
710 64 When messages may crawl, II (A sequel to EWD708)
711 151 Trip report E.W.Dijkstra, Ithaca, Albany, Austin (Texas), 26/5 – 10/6 1979
712 58 Trip report E.W.Dijkstra, Antwerp, 24–29 June 1979
713 41 On a problem posed by W.H.J.Feijen
714 268 Trip report E.W.Dijkstra, Mission Viejo, Santa Cruz, Austin, 29 July – 8 September 1979
715 109 Trip report E.W.Dijkstra, Munich – London, 16–29 September 1979
716 118 A short talk to my students about money
717 75 An exercise in exposition
718 272 Assembly conventions for the EDSAC
719 267 On not duplicating volatile information
720 258 Why correctness must be a mathematical concern
721 199 The design of a state space with a useful structure (I)
722 74 A book review for the IBM Systems Journal
723 98 On W.H.J.Feijen’s solution for the lexicographic minimum of a circular list
724 62 Een gotspe
724E 78 A chutspa
725 108 Trip report E.W.Dijkstra, Liege, Nov.–Dec.1979
726 57 How Dutch Informatics fell between two chairs
727 192 Trip report E.W.Dijkstra, U.S.A. 12 Jan. – 2 Feb. 1980
728 24 A problem solved by Netty van Gasteren and me
729 143 On well-shaped mathematical arguments
730 63 On two types of infinite sets of infinite sequences (by the Tuesday Afternoon Club)
731 103 An experiment in mathematical exposition
732 247 The teachability of mathematical thinking (Draft contribution to “Mathematics Tomorrow”)
733 96 Naar aanleiding van Experimentele post-propadeuse opleiding voor informatica-ingenieur aan de THE” (Eindhoven februari 1980 SOO/jc/sdb)
734 104 The superfluity of the general semaphore
735 207 A mild variant of Combinatory Logic
736 92 Recording the structure of trees in their leaves
737 93 A notational alternative for quantification
738 67 More mathematical folklore
739 39 A somewhat open letter to the Editor-in-Chief of Acta Informatica
740 22 A short proof of one of Fermat’s theorems
741 20 Partitioning the edges of the complete graphs into trees or cycles (by the Tuesday Afternoon Club)
742 24 A sequel to EWD740
743 109 A new policy for Mathematics Inc.?
744 207 A short note on symmetric distributed arbitration
745 353 Trip report E.W.Dijkstra, Los Angeles, Austin (Texas), and Portland, 6–28 August 1980
746 171 Trip report E.W.Dijkstra, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1–5 Sep. 1980
747 237 Comments on MIL–STD–1862, 28 May 1980
748 134 A somewhat open letter to Wladislaw M.Turski
749 175 On the productivity of recursive definitions
750 97 American programming’s plight
751 77 Mainly on the omission of parentheses
752 539 Distributed Arbitration (DRAFT, with C.S.Scholten)
753 56 On a theorem by Lambek and Moser
754 24 An error in EWD744
755 137 Very elementary number theory redone
756 39 A postscript to EWD755
757 173 A misguided educational effort
758 58 An intriguing example
759 40 A somewhat open letter to D.A.Turner
760 91 A somewhat open letter to F.Kroeger
761 81 Een kanttekening
762 85 We mathematicians are losing the race
763 29 A proof by Rutger M.Dijkstra and me
764 303 Repaying our debts
765 95 A Hungarian problem
766 41 An educational stupidity
767 27 A.J.Martin’s solution of the Hungarian problem
768 132 Largely on nomenclature
770 104 D.A.Turner’s reply
771 26 About 2-coloured 6-graphs
772 75 A methodological sequel to EWD771
773 90 Trip report E.W.Dijkstra, Han-sur-Lesse, 7–12 Jan. 1981
774 152 Trip report E.W.Dijkstra, California, 17–31 January 1981
775 65 On Kleinrock’s Theorem
776 99 Lambek and Moser revisited
777 71 A word of welcome (Draft)
778 45 A somewhat open letter to Nils J.Nilsson
779 109 An assertional proof of a program by G.L.Peterson
780 73 Proving the existence of the Euler line (with A.J.M. van Gasteren)
781 371 About the presentation of programs (with A.J.M. van Gasteren)
782 89 A stupid notation
783 114 The administration as social disease
784 44 My mother’s contribution to Honsberger’s collection
785 92 Our presentation of K.A.Post’s proof of R.Stanley’s theorem (with A.J.M. van Gasteren)
786 93 Trip report E.W.Dijkstra, England, 23 April 1981
786a 54 Sets are Unibags
787 45 A (new?) proof of a theorem of Euler’s on partitions
788 242 What we seem to have learned (with A.J.M. van Gasteren)
789 71 A minor improvement of Heapsort
789a 122 A minor improvement of Heapsort
789b 140 A minor improvement of Heapsort
790 58 Trip report E.W.Dijkstra, München, 19 May 1981
791 157 The psychology of the user
792 95 Hamming’s exercise in SASL
793 51 The analysis of a two-person game
794 153 Heapsort (with A.J.M. van Gasteren and W.H.J.Feijen)
795 96 An alternative to heapsort for sorting in situ
796 323 Smoothsort, an alternative for sorting in situ
796a 330 Smoothsort, an alternative for sorting in situ
797 159 Fibonacci numbers and Leonardo numbers
798 138 Trip report E.W.Dijkstra, Newcastle, 19–25 July 1981
799 188 Trip report E.W.Dijkstra, Marktoberdorf, 26/7–10/8/81

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