Comment on In the Olympics of Algorithms, a Russian Keeps Winning GoldComments−cosminro13yHere's some more background around Petr http://www.quora.com/Petr-Mitrichev/What-it-is-like-to-meet-...And some discussion around Russia and China dominating in coding contests http://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-from-Eastern-Europe-and-C...−plinkplonk13yfrom the first 'quora' link"Petr almost never submits any solution without having a rigorous proof even when good mathematical intuition is enough and the proof is hard."wow! reading this brings home how much I still have to learn. Humbling.
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Here's some more background around Petr http://www.quora.com/Petr-Mitrichev/What-it-is-like-to-meet-...
And some discussion around Russia and China dominating in coding contests http://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-from-Eastern-Europe-and-C...
from the first 'quora' link
"Petr almost never submits any solution without having a rigorous proof even when good mathematical intuition is enough and the proof is hard."
wow! reading this brings home how much I still have to learn. Humbling.