The Tessellations of Yehrin Tong
August 11, 2008 at 12:37 am | In Art, Design, Mathematics | No CommentsTags: Art, Design, Mathematics, tesselation, yehrin tong
The Password Chart
July 29, 2008 at 7:57 am | In Mathematics, Webware | No CommentsTags: cryptography, encryption, Mathematics, passwords, security, Webware
Three Beautiful Quicksorts
July 13, 2008 at 11:05 am | In Mathematics, Software | No CommentsTags: computer science, lecture, Mathematics, programming, quicksort, Software, videos
Garkov
June 12, 2008 at 4:22 am | In Mashup/Remix, Mathematics, Statistics | No CommentsTags: garfield, garkov, markov, markov chains, Mathematics, sequence analysis, Statistics
How To Make Polyhedral Maps
June 5, 2008 at 2:42 am | In Cartography, Mathematics | No CommentsTags: buckminster fuller, Cartography, dymaxion, geography, maps, math, Mathematics, topology
Monoids: What They Are
April 29, 2008 at 8:43 am | In Mathematics | No CommentsTags: computer science, logic, math, Mathematics, monoids
Curious about monoids? Learn more here!
“Calculus Via O Notation” By Donald Knuth
April 15, 2008 at 4:46 am | In Education, Mathematics, Reference | No CommentsTags: big o, calculus, computer science, donald knuth, Education, math, Mathematics, maths, o notation, Reference
The legendary computer science guru writes, in 1998, that “if I had the opportunity to deviate from the existing textbooks, I would certainly make major changes by emphasizing several notational improvements that advanced mathematicians have been using for more than a hundred years.“
“Who Can Name The Bigger Number?”
March 27, 2008 at 11:06 pm | In History, Humor, Mathematics | No CommentsScott Aaronson’s brilliant essay on the upper limits of discrete enumeration is funny, accessible, and well worth thinking about.
The Amen Break & The Golden Ratio
March 14, 2008 at 8:52 am | In Art, History, Mathematics, Music | No CommentsVoronoi Diagrams
March 14, 2008 at 8:42 am | In Mathematics, Reference | No CommentsWhether you’re making stained glass or figuring out where to set up your ice cream stand, Voronoi diagrams have something for you!
Corewars
March 14, 2008 at 8:40 am | In Esoterica, Games, Mathematics, Software | No CommentsCorewars is a contest between algorithms (coded in “Redcode“) to take over a MARS virtual machine. It’s been around forever, and has an avid following. Recently, some veterans decided to use Redcode to make sure all the basic algorithms were covered.
The 5th POVRay Short Code Contest: Animation
February 23, 2008 at 8:40 pm | In Animation, Art, CG, Mathematics, Software, Technology | No CommentsThe Art Of The Joint Mathematics Meetings
February 19, 2008 at 5:03 pm | In Art, CG, Eye Candy, Mathematics, Sculpture | No CommentsThe Abstract Art of Vladimir Bulatov
February 10, 2008 at 9:52 pm | In Art, Mathematics, Sculpture | No CommentsWinners Of The Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest, 2007
January 6, 2008 at 9:59 am | In Art, CG, Eye Candy, Mathematics | No CommentsWhat’s Special About This Number?
January 2, 2008 at 7:08 am | In Mathematics, Reference | No CommentsTurns out, lots of numbers are special.
Cut-The-Knot
December 17, 2007 at 1:37 am | In Mathematics, Reference | No CommentsLots of maths, including 75 proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem.
Moebius Transformations Revealed
November 29, 2007 at 11:19 pm | In Animation, Education, Eye Candy, Mathematics, Reference | No Comments10 Uncracked (Uncrackable?) Ciphers
November 26, 2007 at 2:00 am | In History, Mathematics, Reference | No CommentsAround The World In 10 Minutes
October 3, 2007 at 5:18 am | In Animation, Mathematics, Reference | No CommentsBLDGBLOG
September 20, 2007 at 8:01 pm | In Architecture, Journalism, Mathematics, Photography, Television | No CommentsInformation Policy For The Library Of Babel
September 11, 2007 at 3:35 pm | In Advertising, Books, Chemistry, Dance, Mathematics, Painting, Reference, Statistics | No CommentsInspired by a wonderful short story by Borges, James Grimmelmann has outlined how to manage impossibly huge amounts of information.
Lost Cities
September 11, 2007 at 3:30 pm | In Architecture, History, Mathematics, Photography, Physics, Television | No CommentsFALLINGWATER
September 11, 2007 at 1:18 am | In Animation, Architecture, Art, CG, Eye Candy, Fiction, Mashup/Remix, Mathematics, Vehicles | Comments OffLiving With Strangers
August 15, 2007 at 11:07 pm | In Architecture, Film, Journalism, Literature, Mathematics | No CommentsHow To: The Droste Effect
August 9, 2007 at 8:59 am | In Art, Crafts, Dance, Eye Candy, History, Mathematics, Photography, Robotics, Software, Television, Vehicles | No CommentsThe Museum of Unworkable Devices
August 5, 2007 at 7:54 pm | In Dance, Eye Candy, Mathematics, Sculpture, Vehicles, Weapons | No Comments
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