Recursive Stuff
Simon: The expression of the probability that A wins includes the probability that A wins. Me: Aren’t you getting a headache from this? Simon: I’m used to this recursive stuff. … Continue reading Recursive Stuff
Category: Simon teaching
Live Stream #12: 15’s Puzzle Redo
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
25 guests, how many hellos is that?
Simon was at an extended family reunion and asked himself the question: how many connections (like handshakes) there are among all the family members and if everyone says hallo to … Continue reading 25 guests, how many hellos is that?
Simon talks about Boring Numbers
Inspired by a Numberphile video. It was Simon’s idea to record this on the go, it’s fun to watch him talk about math while making his way through the vibrant … Continue reading Simon talks about Boring Numbers
Simon and Daniel Shiffman
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
Live Stream #10. Chapter 4 of Living Code. Perlin Noise.
Yesterday’s live stream, in which Simon continued teaching Perlin Noise (tweaking values and flow field):
Conway Checkers game in Processing
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
A Cool Number Guessing Trick! Or Brown’s Criterion 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
The discovery of the e constant
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
Mandelbrot Set in Processing
The base of the code comes from Daniel Shiffman’s Coding Train tutorial, but Simon has altered the colors and made zooming in interactive, he has added the exact zoom coordinates … Continue reading Mandelbrot Set in Processing
Geeks out of the box 