AlokVectors and CovectorsMaking sense of the building blocks of differential geometryJan 15, 2023Jan 15, 2023
AlokA House DividedThe US has been labeled a backsliding democracy. How did we get here?Mar 20, 2022Mar 20, 2022
AlokAll Else Being EqualI like finding better ways to communicate, and I like dragging math into places it doesn’t belong, so I’m especially excited when these…Feb 19, 2022Feb 19, 2022
AlokBook Club Progress Report: Why Nations FailIn an effort to improve the quality of my political takes, I picked up the book Why Nations Fail by Acemoglu and Robinson. For those at the…Feb 15, 2022Feb 15, 2022
AlokThoughts on Hofstadter’s GEBAfter a few multi-hour reading sessions, I finally got through Douglas Hofstadter’s Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid…Jun 3, 2019Jun 3, 2019