The Ultimate Academic Prank

The Ultimate Academic Prank
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Two Princeton grad students spent five years developing a legitimate mathematical algorithm for the sole purpose of publishing a paper with a name that sounds like a profanity. The academic equivalent of carving your initials into a desk, except it required a PhD and got published in a peer-reviewed journal. Somewhere, a research grant committee is quietly sobbing into their coffee.

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