Mathematics
Graphing Erdős and Bacon
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Mathematics
Famous Diophantine Equations
A Diophantine equation is an algebraic equation with several unknowns and integer coefficients
History
The Birthplace of AI
An essay about the 1956 “Dartmouth workshop”
Computer Science
Generative AI: A Key to Machine Intelligence?
We’re living in the age of the next industrial revolution: the very first three had freed most of the humans from the hard handwork labor…
Mathematics
What is a Black Swan event?
Necessary and sufficient conditions
Mathematics
The Mathematics of Elo Ratings
Calculating the relative skill of players in zero-sum games
Einstein
Einstein’s Paper on the Photoelectric Effect (1905)
About six weeks before he submitted his doctoral thesis at the University of Zürich in 1905, Einstein on March 18th submitted the paper ‘Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichttspunkt’) to ...
Mathematics
The Math Behind that Dick Joke in HBO’s “Silicon Valley”
Estimating the efficiency of tip-to-tip stimulation
Physics
Brownian Motion in Financial Markets
If asset prices in the short term show an identifiable pattern, won’t speculators will find this pattern and exploit it, thereby…
Mathematics
A Theory of Angular Relativity
In this article we explore how the principle of relativity may apply to curvilinear movements.
Mathematics
What is Topology?
An entry-level primer on “rubber-sheet geometry”
Mathematics
The Math Problems from Good Will Hunting, w/ solutions
How do you like them apples?