The best part of that story is this quote from Dantzig himself, IMO:
> A year later, when I began to worry about a thesis topic, Neyman just shrugged and told me to wrap the two problems in a binder and he would accept them as my thesis.
The "two problems" being referenced here are, of course, the two unsolved problems he solved as homework.
> A year later, when I began to worry about a thesis topic, Neyman just shrugged and told me to wrap the two problems in a binder and he would accept them as my thesis.
The "two problems" being referenced here are, of course, the two unsolved problems he solved as homework.