Category: Math and Computer Science Everywhere

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Math at the beach

We also visited another old favorite, the beach in Noordwijk. By the way, that’s where ESA is located, toon (they’ve got an awesome space museum we used to frequent when … Continue reading Math at the beach

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Amsterdam Friends and Color Jump

After months is self-isolation, we spent the whole month of August away from home, first at our old home in Amsterdam, where we had some urgent personal matters to arrange, … Continue reading Amsterdam Friends and Color Jump

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Singing bottles, negative kelvins and resolving Zeno’s paradox

Picking up hiking keeps leading to beautiful conversations and thought experiments on the way. Yesterday, on our longest hike so far (over 8 km, partially in the sand), as we … Continue reading Singing bottles, negative kelvins and resolving Zeno’s paradox

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Simon’s Halting Problem Gist

You can easily turn every statement into a program. If the program stops, or “halts”, then the statement is true, and if it never stops, or “loops”, the statement is … Continue reading Simon’s Halting Problem Gist

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Math To Go

Thanks to our usual summer hang-outs (Dutch beaches, local playgrounds and terraces) being closed, we have discovered that Simon doesn’t hate small hikes in the woods after all. At least … Continue reading Math To Go

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Spring Challenge 2020 PacMan in p5.js

Simon has recreated the CodingGame.com’s Spring Challenge 2020 PacMan game in p5.js to be able to work on the AI versions after the spring challenge has finished. Link to Simon’s … Continue reading Spring Challenge 2020 PacMan in p5.js

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Linear Equations in Geogebra

“This is what matrices and matrix manipulations really look like”, Simon says, making this visialization inspired by a video on Zach Star’s channel. Simon’s Geogebra project is published online at … Continue reading Linear Equations in Geogebra

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New Friends. New Horizons.

Thanks to the lock-down, Simon’s got new friends. For a little over a month now, he has been part of exciting daily discussions, challenging coding sessions and just playing together … Continue reading New Friends. New Horizons.