Timeline for What is known about G. A. Croes
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| Nov 17 at 20:25 | comment | added | Neil Strickland | Should it be considered a mystery that he could not be contacted? I have seen an estimate of 7-14 days for letters to be delivered between the US and Europe in the 1950s. International phone calls existed but had to go through operators in both countries. It seems like a minor failure of coordination could make things very difficult. | |
| Nov 17 at 16:00 | comment | added | Manfred Weis | @Carl-FredrikNybergBrodda an answer with these details would be beneficial for the history of the TSP; knowing about the people behind the progress seems important in its own right. | |
| Nov 17 at 15:55 | comment | added | Carl-Fredrik Nyberg Brodda | I did some digging. I can write a more complete answer soon (and I have some pending hooks out). Here are some things in the meantime: he (Goeff Croes) did his PhD at the University of Groningen in 1945, and worked at Shell between 1955 and 1978. He then moved to working as a software engineer in astronomy, eventually working at the DRAO in Canada. There he was part of designing the AIPS++ programming language. He retired in 1993. I don't yet know why he couldn't be contacted. | |
| Nov 17 at 14:03 | history | asked | Manfred Weis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |