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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓¬S␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305


␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415-497-1391␈↓ 	oOctober 30, 1975
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧or  415-497-4971



␈↓ ↓H␈↓O≠ce of the Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓The Institute for Advanced Study
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Princeton, N.J. 08540


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Sir,


␈↓ ↓H␈↓I␈αam␈αa␈αgraduate␈αstudent␈αin␈αthe␈αStanford␈αUniversity␈αComputer␈αScience␈αDepartment,␈αand␈αexpect␈αto

␈↓ ↓H␈↓receive␈α⊃my␈α⊃PhD.␈α⊃this␈α⊃Spring.␈α⊃My␈α⊃dissertation␈α⊂is␈α⊃in␈α⊃Arti≡cial␈α⊃Intelligence,␈α⊃and␈α⊃deals␈α⊃with␈α⊂the

␈↓ ↓H␈↓problems␈α
of␈α∞explaining␈α
the␈α∞creative␈α
processes␈α∞in␈α
mathematics␈α∞research␈α
--␈α∞elucidating␈α
them␈α∞to␈α
an

␈↓ ↓H␈↓extent which would permit their automation.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓My␈α∞interest␈α∞in␈α∞the␈α∞IAS␈α∞has␈α∞promted␈α∞me␈α∞to␈α∞enquire␈α∞whether␈α∞you␈α∞have␈α∞any␈α∞type␈α∞of␈α
postdoctoral

␈↓ ↓H␈↓grants.␈α⊃If␈α⊂so,␈α⊃please␈α⊂send␈α⊃me␈α⊂the␈α⊃necessary␈α⊂forms.␈α⊃ I␈α⊂probably␈α⊃would␈α⊂≡t␈α⊃into␈α⊂your␈α⊃"School␈α⊂of

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mathematics," rather than your "School of Natural Sciences." Thank you.



␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ εSincerely,






␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ ¬WDouglas B. Lenat