Author Archives: Anton

sequences

A cartoon, in which Churchy LaFemme tries to imagine a skyscraper with no 13th floor, leads me to the idea of labeling the floors with some other familiar sequence; for example, Genesis, Exodus … but it might be hard to … Continue reading

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Taylor series of integral of exponential of Fourier series

I have experimented with integrals of exp(i·f(t)) where ”f(t)” is a polynomial. I express these integrals as Taylor series, which are not hard to generate. Now I’d like to try f(t) = a·t + Σbk·sin(k·t) and I have a horrid … Continue reading

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42 … or 34?

My new keyboard came last week, a Piantor Pro from Beekeeb, a two-person shop in Hong Kong. Quality work. But the keys are narrower than my fingers (on average), and the deep pinky stagger – offset of the pinky finger’s … Continue reading

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whither arrows

In anticipation of my next keyboard, I have been doodling layouts of the non-alpha layers, as one does. Today let’s discuss arrow keys.

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first day with Glove80

Typing this in a non-qwerty layout on a new ergonomic keyboard. Learning the alphabet anew is of course a challenge, as is getting to know the keys themselves. My pinkies want to rest on the upper row, and the upper … Continue reading

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browsing in my Wikipedia history

I have been active on Wikipedia since 2005, mostly making incremental improvements – correcting punctuation here, tightening sloppy language there – with emphasis on heraldry and polytopes but wandering over a very wide range of subjects as whim takes me. … Continue reading

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a question of boundaries

If I were in charge of the partition of India, I’d do it bottom-up. Starting with the smallest practical districts, ask in each one: For each of your neighbors, would you amalgamate? Do the most favored mergers (skipping any that … Continue reading

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