Interesting Sequences KunMao Chao Department of Computer Science

Interesting Sequences Kun-Mao Chao (趙坤茂) Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering National Taiwan University, Taiwan Date: October 2, 2007 WWW: http: //www. csie. ntu. edu. tw/~kmchao

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Count every " F" in the following text: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS. . . Source: My niece’s email 5

Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs. cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Source: My niece’s email 6

Guess why they are grouped together? (Hint: You need to know Mandarin to answer this. ) Group 1: 1, 3, 7, 8 (Tone 1) Group 2: 2, 4, 6 (Tone 4) Group 3: 5, 9 (Tone 3) Source: My nephew’s riddle 7

Yet Another Dr. Chao’s Essay (Every character in this article sounds like “Fu!”) 浮桴負富夫，甫赴傅府，復覆。富婦付伕， 扶，俯撫腐膚，敷。 Note: Here Dr. Chao refers to “Kun-Mao Chao, ” not the master “Dr. Yuan Ren Chao. ” Created by me in September, 2007. 9

“Discovery is to see what everyone else has seen, but think what no one else has thought. ” Albert Szent-Györgyi (The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1937 ) “By inventing elegant software tools, we can help biologists see and think. ” “Invention Discovery” Kun-Mao Chao 10

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Homework #1 Due: Oct. 12, 2007 Send TA a Power. Point page including: • Your Name • A sequence which, in your opinion, is sort of interesting or inspiring, noting if it’s your own creation or collection. • A short reason explaining why it’s interesting or inspiring. 12