Busy Beaver/%cf%83 Complexity and Unprovability

Famous quotes containing the words busy, beaver and/or complexity:

    “A bracelet of bright hair about the bone,
    Will he not let us alone,
    And think that there a loving couple lies
    Who thought that this device might be some way
    To make their souls, at the last busy day,
    Meet at this grave, and make a little stay?”
    —John Donne (1572–1631)

    “On the top of the Crumpetty Tree
    The Quangle Wangle sat,
    But his face you could not see,
    On account of his Beaver Hat.”
    —Edward Lear (1812–1888)

    “It is not only their own need to mother that takes some women by surprise; there is also the shock of discovering the complexity of alternative child-care arrangements that have been made to sound so simple. Those for whom the intended solution is equal parenting have found that some parents are more equal than others.”
    —Elaine Heffner (20th century)