A flop is one of the elementary arithmetic operations $latex +$, $latex -$, $latex $, $latex /$ carried out on floating-point numbers. For example, evaluating the expression $latex (b - ax)/c$ takes three flops. A square root, which occurs infrequently in numerical computation, is also counted as one flop. As an example, the computation of…
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ITHACA, NY Following Cornellâs announcement that it would require students to be vaccinated in the fall, the administration held a virtual town hall on Thursday to answer questions from the Cornell community.Â
During the town hall, President Martha Pollack, along with other University administrators, discussed the Universityâs plans to distribute vaccines, logistics for an in-person fall semester, the preservation of certain remote working benefits and prioritizing the on-campus student experience.Â
Pollack kicked off the event by celebrating Cornellâs return to the green alert level and the start of planning for a vaccination rollout on campus. Despite these reasons for hope, Pollack urged caution as New York State continues to face thousands of new cases daily.