Category: Murderous Maths
Modular Arithmetic visualized with Wheel Math
Simon learned this method from a MajorPrep video and was completely obsessed about it for a good couple of weeks, challenging everyone in our inner circle to factorize numbers using … Continue reading Modular Arithmetic visualized with Wheel Math
Surrounded by the equations that changed the world
At the main entrance to CERN there is an impressive smooth curve of a memorial to the world’s most important equations and scientific discoveries:
The most efficient base
I’ve discovered that base 3 is the most efficient base (not base 2). Actually the most efficient base is e, and 3 is the closest to e (the proof requires … Continue reading The most efficient base
Simon’s experiment about gradients
How he designed and made it:
The Netherlands Chase Away Extreme Talent
This summer, aged 9, Simon @simontigerh was named a World Science Scholar and joined a two-year program for the world’s most exceptional young math talents, as the youngest among the … Continue reading The Netherlands Chase Away Extreme Talent
Math puzzles: Is it Possible?
Simon has been fascinated by these possible-impossible puzzles (that he picked up from the MajorPrep channel) for a couple of days. He prepared many paper visuals so that Dad and … Continue reading Math puzzles: Is it Possible?
The Diffe-Hellman key exchange algorithm
This is Simon explaining Diffe-Hellman key exchange (also called DiffeHellman protocol). He first explained the algorithm mixing watercolours (a color representing a key/ number) and then mathematically. The algorithm allows … Continue reading The Diffe-Hellman key exchange algorithm
Doing math and computer science everywhere
One more blog post with impressions from our vacation at the Cote d’Azur in France. Don’t even think of bringing Simon to the beach or the swimming pool without a … Continue reading Doing math and computer science everywhere
Why the Golden Ratio and not -1/the Golden Ratio?
Take any real number and call it x. Then plug it into the equation f(x) = 1 + 1/x and keep doing it many times in a row, plugging the … Continue reading Why the Golden Ratio and not -1/the Golden Ratio?
Geeks out of the box 