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  • Working with Negative Spaces

    Working with Negative Spaces

    First, what do I mean by negative spaces? Negative spaces are places where things aren’t, but yet kinda are. For example, if we look at the…
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    Karen Remick
    Nov 29, 2022
    Balancing a mechanical lever

    Balancing a mechanical lever

    Engineering Twitter asked how much mechanical force is needed to balance a lever machine. In this article, I try work out an answer.
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    Aleksey
    Nov 29, 2022
    Differentiation in N Dimensions with the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)

    Differentiation in N Dimensions with the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)

    Your Daily Dose of Scientific Python
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    Mathcube
    Nov 29, 2022
    Polynomial Interpolation Made Easy

    Polynomial Interpolation Made Easy

    The Lagrangian way of doing interpolation
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    Mathcube
    Nov 28, 2022
    Power Play: Which Number is Bigger?

    Power Play: Which Number is Bigger?

    Your Daily Dose of Scientific Python
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    Mathcube
    Nov 24, 2022
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    Intuition for the Chain Rule

    Intuition for the Chain Rule

    Memorizing the chain rule is not too hard, but understanding it can be challenging. Why is it made up of the derivative of both the outer…
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    Ping Ng
    Apr 23, 2022
    Graph Theory 101: Why all Non-Planar Graphs Contain K₅ or K₃,₃

    Graph Theory 101: Why all Non-Planar Graphs Contain K₅ or K₃,₃

    An intuitive explanation of Kuratowski’s Theorem and Wagner’s Theorem, with lots of diagrams!
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    Russell Lim
    Apr 11, 2022
    Logarithms: The Long Forgotten Story Of Scientific Progress

    Logarithms: The Long Forgotten Story Of Scientific Progress

    Starring John Napier, Jost Bürgi, and Henry Briggs!
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    Hemanth
    Jan 14, 2022
    The Small-World Effect And Why Covid-19 Spread So Quickly.

    The Small-World Effect And Why Covid-19 Spread So Quickly.

    In this article, I want to discuss the fascinating small-world effect, where it comes from, and why we should care.
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    StephenwithaPhD
    Nov 26, 2021
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