[Cheetahcat]

I could not get any information from internet searches there are a lot of Smart people in here maybe someone has the answer to this riddle.

[fr_freak]

I know this is just an internet forum - not an English class, but you really, really need to learn to use some punctuation. I can barely understand your three small paragraphs.

[JoeDetweiler]

Yours is one of many variations on this basically true story.............

http://www.snopes.com/college/homework/unsolvable.asp

[glorgau]

One example is Huffman coding

[piytar]

Here’s the scoop on the story, which is based on fact (but not at U of M): http://www.snopes.com/college/homework/unsolvable.asp

Dunno if he was on Reagan’s team, although should be easy to google...

[Cheetahcat]

Wow the power in here. I heard the story from a guy that was sitting next to him on a Plane flight or so the story went.

Thank You and Please excuse my Clumsy Posting!

[texas booster]

This is supposedly the problem that he solved:

[smokingfrog]

We have some very sharp people here on FR don’t we?

I found this interesting memoriam about George Dantzig.
http://www.lionhrtpub.com/orms/orms-8-05/dantzig.html

~cheers

[genghis]

I had heard this stoy before, and am stunned iguess i shouldn’t be) at how many knew George Dantzig.