Cat and Mouse
This is a project that Simon started a few weeks ago but never finished, so I think it’s time I archive it here. It’s based upon this wonderful Numberphile video, … Continue reading Cat and Mouse
Category: Coding
Chaos Game and the Serpinski Triangle
Monday morning Simon showed me the Chaos Game: he created three random dots on a sheet of paper (the corners of a triangle) and was throwing dice to determine where … Continue reading Chaos Game and the Serpinski Triangle
The Van Eck Sequence
Simon explains that the Van Eck Sequence is and shows the patterns he has discovered in the sequence by programming it in Python and plotting it in Wolfram Mathematica. Simon’s … Continue reading The Van Eck Sequence
Infinite Series Calculator in Repl.it
Simon has made a small calculator/approximator in Repl.it that shows what number an infinite series converges to: https://repl.it/@simontiger/Series
Simon’s new “giant project”: Sorting Visualizations
Simon writes: I’ve built a giant project; a website / community project / platform for making algorithms! I’ve built in this video Bubble Sort, Selection Sort, Insertion Sort, Mergesort, Quicksort, … Continue reading Simon’s new “giant project”: Sorting Visualizations
Interview with Simon on Repl.it
Repl.it has published a cool interview with Simon! It was interesting how Simon struggling to answer some of the more general questions gave me another glimpse into his beautiful mind … Continue reading Interview with Simon on Repl.it
Pathfinding algorithms: Dijkstra’s and Breadth-first search
The photos below show Simon playing with Breadth-first search and Dijkstra’s algorithms to find the most efficient path from S to E on a set of graphs. The two more … Continue reading Pathfinding algorithms: Dijkstra’s and Breadth-first search
Always listen to Simon!
Just a funny piece from a member-only Coding Train session 😉
Simon’s Community Contribution: Variation of 2D Casting Coding Challenge in p5.js
This is Simon’s version of Daniel Shiffman’s 2D Casting code, made on Wednesday last week right after the live session. Link to the live session including the coding challenge. Code … Continue reading Simon’s Community Contribution: Variation of 2D Casting Coding Challenge in p5.js
What Simon did instead of taking the SAT on Saturday
On Saturday morning, Simon didn’t go to the SAT examination location, although we had registered him to try taking the SAT (with great difficulties, because he is so young). In … Continue reading What Simon did instead of taking the SAT on Saturday
Example of Simon contributing an issue on GitHub
Below is Simon’s issue/ topic suggestion he contributed to the Coding Train GitHub yesterday, addressed to Daniel Shiffman: Function Overloading Nah. Operator Overloading OK, first, we have to understand the valueOf() function. valueOf() is … Continue reading Example of Simon contributing an issue on GitHub
More examples of Simon’s chat contributions on math and coding
Simon is always extremely active in the discussions about the current projects made by/ lectures given by NYU’s Asdociate Professor Daniel Shiffman during his live sessions on the Coding Train … Continue reading More examples of Simon’s chat contributions on math and coding
Geeks out of the box 