A Probabilistic Algorithm for Repairing All Roads in Lebanon via Papal Visits (2025)sigbovik.org 92 pointskmstout3 months ago6 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−NDlurker3moThis is great, but I think the author forgot to take into account the most destructive force to Lebanon's infrastructure.−anonu3moFor anyone curious: the most destructive force is the Lebanese themselves, at least in the last 30 years. Israel has only recently taken first place.−kmstoutOP3moHere's a better link:https://sigbovik.org/2026/proceedings.pdf#page=44−jonah3mo"This result is, to the best of our knowledge, the tightest known bound on papal visits required for complete national infrastructure repair in the literature."You don't say? I suspect the only.−halcdev3moThe original : https://eprint.gacr.info/2025/001/−ChrisArchitect3mo(2025)A more direct link to the paper alone/overview: https://zenodo.org/records/17749537
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This is great, but I think the author forgot to take into account the most destructive force to Lebanon's infrastructure.
For anyone curious: the most destructive force is the Lebanese themselves, at least in the last 30 years. Israel has only recently taken first place.
Here's a better link:
https://sigbovik.org/2026/proceedings.pdf#page=44
"This result is, to the best of our knowledge, the tightest known bound on papal visits required for complete national infrastructure repair in the literature."
You don't say? I suspect the only.
The original : https://eprint.gacr.info/2025/001/
(2025)
A more direct link to the paper alone/overview: https://zenodo.org/records/17749537