Computer Science
Long before Alan Turing revolutionized the field of computation, there was Charles Babbage and his difference engine. Babbage was a man of many skills, most notably in machinery and in economics, even briefly attempting to begin a political career. He grew frustrated with many of the practices used in England
Linear Algebra
One of the oldest and most thoroughly studied problems in both linear algebra and numerical analysis is finding solutions for Ax = f. In a first linear algebra class, one might learn about how to identify what matrices are invertible, and calculate inverses by hand (very likely by means of Gaussian
Algorithm
Binary search is ubiquitous. Even if you are not aware of it, you have most likely used some (approximate) version of binary search one way or another
Graph Theory
Strongly Connected Components Algorithm
Calculus
Many programmers believe that the use of higher order integration algorithms, combined with a large number of integration interval…
History
AI since Aristotle (Part 2)
Linear Algebra
SVD decomposition and a demo of an image compression.
Open Problem
Diving into the most notorious open question in Computer Science and its far-reaching philosophical consequences.
Analysis
Here we crack a tricky yet simple problem at the intersection of computer science and mathematics. It also gives a lovely insight into how…
Algorithm
Computing the majority vote on pen and paper
Analysis
An intro to mathematical analysis, using ideas familiar to coders
Dynamic Programming
When computer science and dynamic programming meets math