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


␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415-497-1391␈↓ 	↑February 26, 1976
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧or  415-497-4971



␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor M. Shamus
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Department of Computer Science
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Carnegie-Mellon University
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Mike,

␈↓ ↓H␈↓I␈αenjoyed␈αmy␈αvisit␈αto␈αCMU␈αvery␈αmuch,␈αand␈αbecame␈αinterested␈αin␈αseveral␈αpeople's␈αwork␈α(including
␈↓ ↓H␈↓yours).  I wish we'd had more time to discuss it.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓No␈α
doubt␈α
you␈α
know␈αI've␈α
accepted␈α
an␈α
asst.␈α
professorship.␈α I'm␈α
eagerly␈α
looking␈α
forward␈α
to␈αcoming
␈↓ ↓H␈↓there␈α∞in␈α
September.␈α∞ Hopefully␈α∞we␈α
can␈α∞have␈α∞some␈α
meaty␈α∞discussions␈α∞about␈α
AI␈α∞and␈α∞CS,␈α
without
␈↓ ↓H␈↓getting side-tracked into discussing Science Fiction!

␈↓ ↓H␈↓My␈αwife␈αand␈α
I␈αwill␈αprobably␈α
be␈αin␈αPittsburgh␈α
in␈αlate␈αMay␈α
or␈αJune,␈αto␈α
look␈αfor␈αhousing.␈αWe'll␈α
stop
␈↓ ↓H␈↓by and say hi then.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓In␈α∞the␈α∞meantime,␈α∞if␈α∞you␈α
notice␈α∞anything␈α∞interesting␈α∞about␈α∞"maximally-composite"␈α∞numbers,␈α
drop
␈↓ ↓H␈↓me␈αa␈αnote.␈α I'm␈αenclosing␈αa␈αcouple␈αpages␈α
on␈αthe␈αidea␈αof␈αcharacterizing␈αsuch␈αnumbers.␈α It's␈α
still␈αin
␈↓ ↓H␈↓the␈αrough␈αstages,␈αbut␈αI␈αrecall␈α
you␈αwere␈αinterested␈αin␈αit.␈α I␈α
warn␈αyou,␈αat␈αthe␈αmoment␈αit's␈α
more␈αfree
␈↓ ↓H␈↓association than rigorous mathematics.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓See you this summer.



␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ εSincerely,





␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ ¬vDoug  Lenat


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