Category Archives: mathematics

behind the digits

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 March 26 by Anton

Got an approximation to a real number, and want to know what formula is hidden behind it? Try Plouffe’s Inverter.

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counting the unseen

Posted on Monday, 2002 March 25 by Anton

politechbot.com: AAAS statistician testifies at Milosevic trial in The Hague

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eavesdropping on illumination

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 08 by Anton

Another reason to switch to LCD. (But I’m spoiled by 1600×1200 resolution.)

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hello web!

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 March 05 by Anton

The newest contributor to my hit-count is a link from Andrea and Friedrich Lohmueller, whose image galleries are worth the visit.

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precision ≠ accuracy

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 February 27 by Anton

Go get ’em! The LP responds to the notorious infamous “if you buy dope you’re supporting terrorism” spot with this newspaper advertisement. (Thanks to Ananda, who credits Declan McCullagh.) Pet peeve nº 17000: false precision. When you write “boosts . . . … Continue reading →

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hyperbolic, baby!

Posted on Friday, 2002 February 22 by Anton

Pretty things: hyperbolic planar tesselations by Don Hatch. Presented in the conformal Poincaré disc mapping, which is the most common; it’s analogous to stereographic projection of a sphere. Another favorite mapping is the half-plane, which has no analogue that I … Continue reading →

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activities

Posted on Sunday, 2002 February 17 by Anton

One of my friends is thinking of organizing an ‘activities day’ for our circle, and invites me to run a workshop relating to my most visible hobby, mathematical beauty. Okay, I said, but what would we do?

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