Bayes’ Theorem
Bayes’s Theorem calculates the probability of an event based upon the conditions that might be relevant to the event and is widely used to test the precision of medical tests … Continue reading Bayes’ Theorem
Tag: math
L-Systems
Simon loves various L-Systems, sets of rules transforming letters into geometric structures. He used to program these, this time he recreated some by hand.
Illumination Problem
Simon studying light reflection as part of the so-called Penrose Illumination Problem: if a room with mirrored walls can always be illuminated by a single point light source, allowing for … Continue reading Illumination Problem
Simon’s code for an intriguing problem from the 3Blue1Brown math channel
The number of collisions between two objects equals a number of digits of Pi. The code on GitHub: https://github.com/simon-tiger/Pool_Pi Simon writes: From where I got this I called this sketch … Continue reading Simon’s code for an intriguing problem from the 3Blue1Brown math channel
Simon’s new optical illusion
You can play with Simon’s illusion in Geogebra online at: https://www.geogebra.org/m/aevtyumr
Daniel Shiffman quotes Simon’s thoughts about complex numbers
NYU’s Associate Professor Daniel Shiffman quotes Simon during a Coding Train live tutorial from New York about Fourier Transform Drawings on 16 January 2019. Simon was participating via the Slack … Continue reading Daniel Shiffman quotes Simon’s thoughts about complex numbers
Euler’s Conjecture
We were reading a bedtime story, from the book “17 Equations that Changed the World” and Simon told me about how a computer disproved Euler’s Conjecture. I was surprised at … Continue reading Euler’s Conjecture
Salle Pi
Simon talking about his favourite infinite sum at the circular room known as the “pi room” at the Palais de la Découverte (“Discovery Palace”) in Paris. Inscribed on the walls … Continue reading Salle Pi
Geeks out of the box 