Obituary synchronicity

Another reason to read the obits. Yesterday I turned to the obit page in the times and first read the one at the bottom of the page:

George B. Dantzig Dies at 90; Devised Math Solution to Broad Problems

This guy is apparently responsible for inventing something I've never heard of: linear programming, apparently it's quite important in computer modelling of complex events. Then I read the obituary right above it:

Leonid Khachiyan Is Dead at 52; Advanced Computer Math

What was his specialty? Linear programming. Apparently, half ofthe linear programming field died yesterday. I think it's a plot. What did they know and why did the NSA want them iced? We can only hope that their secrets didn't die with them.

~A