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In this live session, Simon continue my 15s puzzle redo live session (“yet again, but I swear this is going to be the last time I do this!” Simon said). … Continue reading Live Stream #14. 15’s Puzzle Redo continued.
This is Simon’s remix of a video by James Grime about the same subject on the SingingBanana math channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODtwehGzoLM The Utilities Problem is a problem about connecting three houses … Continue reading Utilities Problem and Euler’s Formula
Simon had quite an audience yesterday during his live lesson. In this week’s session, Simon remade his 15’s Puzzle in Processing and explained the math behind it. He plans to finish … Continue reading Live Stream #12: 15’s Puzzle Redo
Simon talking about his Tantrix Game code and the math behind it. It has been Simon’s first community project, many thanks to everyone who has contributed hexagonal tiles for the … Continue reading Tantrix Game in JavaScript
Today is one of the most beautiful days in Simon’s life: NYU Associate Professor and the creator of Coding Train Daniel Shiffman has been Simon’s guarding angel, role model and … Continue reading Simon and Daniel Shiffman
Simon has programmed a Conway Checkers game in Processing (Java). The game is a math version of traditional checkers and was invented by John Conway (famous as the author of … Continue reading Conway Checkers game in Processing
This is a fun number guessing trick, based on powers of 2 and the Fibonacci sequence, that even little kids can enjoy. You don’t have to know anything about the … Continue reading A Cool Number Guessing Trick! Or Brown’s Criterion in Processing
Simon used an algorithm that applies transformations randomly, with some transformations more likely to be picked. The result is a stunning fern leaf pattern. Amazing how such beauty can be … Continue reading Barnsley Fern in Processing
In this video, Simon talks about the discovery of the e constant (Euler’s Number) and how it relates to calculating annual interest rates in banking. Inspired by a Numberphile … Continue reading The discovery of the e constant
Simon has just created a decision tree library, called “Decision”, that is helpful in building decision trees/forests (Machine Learning). He has also tried performing unit tests for the first time, … Continue reading Simon’s Decision Tree Library
Simon created this coin flip simulation in the form of a game that runs until you get 10 heads in a row. In the video, he explains what the chance … Continue reading Flipping Coins
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