John Horton ConwayFrom the New York Times, April 15, 2020John Horton Conway, a ‘Magical Genius’ in Math, Dies at... 更多内容 >>

Lots of tiny bubbles.... 更多内容 >>

I have completely rewritten the COVID-19 simulator that I described in last week's blog post and I now have a second version.... 更多内容 >>

ContentsSimulatorAnimationFirst frameFinal frameFull barrierNo barrierLarger populationSmaller populationSoftwareSimulator help covid19 Epidemic simulation. Inspired by Washington Post... 更多内容 >>

Today is Friday, March 13, 2020. In many parts of the world, Friday the 13th is considered unlucky. I've written blog posts about Friday the 13th before, 2012, 2018, but I will have something new to say today.... 更多内容 >>

Tomorrow, February 29, 2020 would be Gene Golub's 22nd birthday.... 更多内容 >>

While I was working on my posts about Pejorative Manifolds, I was pleased to discover the intriguing patterns created by the roundoff error in the computed eigenvalues of triple Kronecker products.... 更多内容 >>

In an unpublished 1972 technical report "Conserving confluence curbs ill-condition," Velvel Kahan coined the descriptive term pejorative manifold. In case you don't use it in everyday conversation, pejorative means "expressing contempt or disapproval."... 更多内容 >>

In an unpublished 1972 technical report "Conserving confluence curbs ill-condition," Velvel Kahan coined the descriptive term pejorative manifold. In case you don't use it in everyday conversation, pejorative means "expressing contempt or disapproval."... 更多内容 >>