Category: Notes on everyday life
The Math of Penny’s Game
In this video, Simon explains the math behind predictions in Penny’s Game and draws a predictions diagram. Inspired by a Numberphile video.
For the love of math
Simon saw an interesting example on Numberphile and came up with a more general formula for a case when a number can never be prime. Later someone noticed in the … Continue reading For the love of math
Magic around New Year’s Eve
This magical time of the year, Simon’s craziest, most daring dreams come true! First, his guru from the New York University Daniel Shiffman sends Simon his book and the words … Continue reading Magic around New Year’s Eve
What comes before infinity?
Overheard the kids talking to each other (in Russian): Neva: Simon, I do understand what infinity is! But which number comes just before infinity? Simon: Infinity minus x equals infinity!
DAE neural net and Keras
Simon told me today he was ready to start building his own DAE (Denoising Auto Encoder) neural network. He said he would be using a documentation page about a machine … Continue reading DAE neural net and Keras
Just another day in graphs
Simon loves looking at things geometrically. Even when solving word problems, he tends to see them as a graph. And naturally, since he started doing more math related to machine … Continue reading Just another day in graphs
à quatre mains
Here is Simon playing à quatre mains with his little sis, something he loves doing since she started piano lessons. She is not very keen on taking instructions, which upsets Simon enormously … Continue reading à quatre mains
Taking part in Daniel Shiffman’s live coding class
This is how happy a child can be while taking a class:
Love for the absurd
Simon usually doesn’t like going places that much, but the trip to the Atomium in Brussels was a huge success, largely thanks to the Magritte exhibition hosted there at the … Continue reading Love for the absurd
Simon and Neva’s symbiosis
Simon is best friends with his little sis (who has just turned 6). He teaches her to make molecules and she teaches him to play hopscotch and to enjoy a … Continue reading Simon and Neva’s symbiosis
Geeks out of the box 