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The Magic and Joy of the Determinant
The Magic and Joy of the Determinant
Boring? How i think about determinants typifies my joy in mathematics …
Selena Routley
Aug 10
Mathematics is Highly Refined Literacy
Mathematics is Highly Refined Literacy
The surprising overarching structure of norms affords quadratic forms and Pythagoras’s theorem a surprising, powerful universality in…
Selena Routley
Aug 22
What do “Angle” and “Direction” Even Mean?
What do “Angle” and “Direction” Even Mean?
The Pythagorean Legacy — and the Universality of Pythagoras
Selena Routley
Aug 23
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Scientists Are Working on a Drug That Could Extend the Lifespan of a Human Being to 200 Years
Scientists Are Working on a Drug That Could Extend the Lifespan of a Human Being to 200 Years
Can science double our lifespan?
Ricky
Sep 2
Scientists Find Out the Reason Why People Enjoy Watching Horror Movies
Scientists Find Out the Reason Why People Enjoy Watching Horror Movies
Despite the fear they induce
Ricky
Sep 1
BEST CALCULATOR APPLICATIONS
BEST CALCULATOR APPLICATIONS
Photo by Aaron Lefler on Unsplash
Alexander
Sep 1
Why Do We Forget Dreams?
Why Do We Forget Dreams?
Neuroscience Explains
Ricky
Aug 30
How can you learn that birds diet by only looking their beak
How can you learn that birds diet by only looking their beak
Photo by Rúben Marques on Unsplash
Alexander
Aug 30
The 10+1 most common reasons why your peer-reviewed paper gets rejected
The 10+1 most common reasons why your peer-reviewed paper gets rejected
You have worked for weeks preparing the manuscript, paying attention to every bit of detail in the authors’ guidelines. The study itself is…
Harris Georgiou (MSc,PhD)
Aug 28
Can you find the Equation of these Sequences
Can you find the Equation of these Sequences
Deriving the methods to find the nth term of all orders of sequences
Archie Smith
Aug 24
Solve the Glass Puzzle
Solve the Glass Puzzle
Minimizing Moves to Alternate Full and Empty
Merry Janson
Aug 23
The Exotic States of Matter
The Exotic States of Matter
How quark-gluon plasma, supersolids, and time crystals have implications in the subject of physics
Bharat Ambati
Aug 21
Guidance Is Internal! Part 2
Guidance Is Internal! Part 2
The astounding mathematical co-incidences behind the why of the amazing quaternions in navigation and computer graphics
Selena Routley
Aug 18
Why is the theory of evolution true?
Why is the theory of evolution true?
Photo by David Clode on Unsplash
Alexander
Aug 14
The "Fundamental States of Matter": Kitchen Blender Disasters, Smashy Squishy Liquids and Amazon…
The "Fundamental States of Matter": Kitchen Blender Disasters, Smashy Squishy Liquids and Amazon…
The weird and whacko behaviors of materials during mechanical failure. Including kitchen explosions that take all day to clean up!
Selena Routley
Aug 13
The Pythagorean Legacy: The Meeting of Higher Dimensional Numbers, Hypercomplex Numbers and Our…
The Pythagorean Legacy: The Meeting of Higher Dimensional Numbers, Hypercomplex Numbers and Our…
The Search for Higher Dimensional Numbers Reveals Deep Facts About the Fabric of Our Universe
Selena Routley
Aug 11
The Strange Behavior of the Determinant as a Pseudoscalar
The Strange Behavior of the Determinant as a Pseudoscalar
Weirdo Vectors 🦁 and Pseudvectors 🐯 and Parity Sign Flips 🧸, Oh My!
Selena Routley
Aug 10
The detection and importance of gravitational waves
The detection and importance of gravitational waves
‘Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of spacetime;’ this has been predicted by Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity in…
Bharat Ambati
Aug 10
The Pythagorean Legacy: The Meeting of Numbers and Our Sublime Universe
The Pythagorean Legacy: The Meeting of Numbers and Our Sublime Universe
What’s the big deal with quadratic forms and “geometric algebras” in so much of modern Physics and early twentieth century Mathematics?
Selena Routley
Aug 3
Statistics: Multivariate time series analysis — VMA, VAR, VARMA
Statistics: Multivariate time series analysis — VMA, VAR, VARMA
The mathematical understanding of VMA, VAR, and VARMA and practical Python implementation
Yuki Shizuya
Jul 31
The Quantum Swap-Test Explained
The Quantum Swap-Test Explained
The Swap-test used in quantum computing algorithms provides a function for comparing two qubits for similarity. The Swap-test is the…
Jae F. Muzzin
Jul 29
Three is a Highly Special Number of Spatial Dimensions: Part 2
Three is a Highly Special Number of Spatial Dimensions: Part 2
The Angular Momentum and Torque "vectors" are only a valid concept in three dimensions, owing to a "co-incidence" or "accident" that only…
Selena Routley
Jul 28
The particle which breaks time symmetry
The particle which breaks time symmetry
The majority of the processes in our universe follow time symmetry. This theoretical idea in physics says that objects and processes in our…
Bharat Ambati
Jul 28
The Astronaut and the Ballerina: Part 2 of Apollo 11 Gets Quaternions For Christmas
The Astronaut and the Ballerina: Part 2 of Apollo 11 Gets Quaternions For Christmas
A mathematical theory of Gimbal Lock and the Astronaut and the Ballerina within us all
Selena Routley
Jul 27
The Women Who Changed Science Forever.
The Women Who Changed Science Forever.
She suffered from the part the world wished her to play, she did not know how to be famous.
DEEPIKA VERMA
Jul 27
The Inexorable Death of our Planet
The Inexorable Death of our Planet
There are several scenarios for how our planet would likely perish, but one stands out as having no major conditions. In 7.6 billion years…
Bharat Ambati
Jul 18
The Music of The Shattered Spheres
The Music of The Shattered Spheres
That Mathematics can see its own limitations is part of its Sublimely Perfect Imperfection, and this arises in the restricted possibilities…
Selena Routley
Jul 17
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