Category: Murderous Maths
Social encounters
Such a pleasant play date last week with another eager learner. Simon shared his GeoGebra skills and some geometrical paper tricks, among other things. It’s heartwarming to see Simon blossom … Continue reading Social encounters
More Puzzles from Maths Is Fun
In an earlier post, I have mentioned that for many games he programs Simon got his inspiration from the site Maths Is Fun. Perhaps I should add that at our … Continue reading More Puzzles from Maths Is Fun
World Science Scholars Feature Simon’s visit to CERN in a newsletter. The current course is about neurons. Reading Stephen Wolfram.
Simon’s September visit to CERN has been featured in a World Science Scholars newsletter: Here’s our update on the World Science Scholars program. Simon has finished the first bootcamp course … Continue reading World Science Scholars Feature Simon’s visit to CERN in a newsletter. The current course is about neurons. Reading Stephen Wolfram.
Simon’s Cycle Formula
During Chinese lesson yesterday, Simon came up with what he calls his “Cycle formula” to calculate all the permutations of placing n numbers in a cyclical order (like on a … Continue reading Simon’s Cycle Formula
Zutopedia, a fun Computer Science Resource
Through the whole moth of October, Simon really loved watching Computer Science and Physics videos by Udi Aharoni, a researcher at IBM research labs and creator of the Udiprod channel … Continue reading Zutopedia, a fun Computer Science Resource
Brilliant Discussions
This is an example of the learning style that Simon enjoys most. He really likes doing the daily challenges on Brilliant.org. He later sometimes discusses them with other participants or … Continue reading Brilliant Discussions
The Puzzle Man is Back!
Guess who was in town in mid-October? The amazing Vladimir Krasnoukhov, a one-of-kind puzzles inventor from Russia! (I know, I should’ve written about this earlier, but I’ve been lagging behind … Continue reading The Puzzle Man is Back!
Simon’s first steps in Stephen Wolfram’s Computational Universe
Simon has been enjoying Stephen Wolfram’s huge volume called A New Kind of Science and is generally growingly fascinated with Wolfram’s visionary ideas about the computational universe. We have been … Continue reading Simon’s first steps in Stephen Wolfram’s Computational Universe
Code Solving Towers of Hanoi
Simon has written a short Python code solving the Towers of Hanoi puzzle: https://repl.it/@simontiger/Towers-of-Hanoi
Mind Mystery
Our visit to Mind Mystery, a place featuring a few famous optical illusions and math puzzles museum in the Dutch province of Limburg was really impressive.
Geeks out of the box 