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Fischer's thesis research concerned the effects of different models of computation on the efficiency of solving problems. For instance, he showed how to generate the sequence of
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Thomas, Stan J.; Fischer, Patrick C. (1986), "Nested
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in 1974, where he headed the computer science department, and moved again to
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became central to the databases now used by major web servers worldwide.
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Dividend, the
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of databases, in which the values in the cells of a
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133:computational complexity theory
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182:as an assistant professor of
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1036:Unabomber: In His Own Words
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985:Technological Slavery
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683:Patrick Carl Fischer
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192:academic descendants
125:Patrick Carl Fischer
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615:"Carl H. Fischer",
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200:Arnold L. Rosenberg
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161:Ann Arbor, Michigan
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1077:Categories
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377:References
367:mail bombs
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329:semantics
147:Biography
141:Unabomber
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