Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Jim Mims, our faculty sponsor, for all of his time and effort in ensuring our success. His approach gave us an ideal balance of independence versus guidance that helped us get as much as possible from the Challenge.
We would also like to extend our thanks to David Metzler, Ph.D., our project mentor. Dr. Metzler was not only also instrumental in keeping us on task, but also provided us with invaluable information about what had hindered mathematical researchers attempting problems like ours that require high performance computers. He also warned us about what we were getting into, encouraging us to look at the problem and find what other side-problems we should explore as well.
We also appreciate all the help, guidance, and support from the everyone on the Supercomputing Challenge’s staff. From their very useful comments during the February project evaluation to their help in possibly securing time on a supercomputer, we truly appreciate all their time and effort.
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