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Purple Theory
A long-form blog about life, travel, math, science, and almost everything else.
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Raghav Mittal
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Oct 7, 2020
Why the 1 for 36 Book Exchange is a massive Pyramid Scheme
And how a bunch of people will eventually…
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Raghav Mittal
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Sep 11, 2020
What is an ELO Rating?
The mathematics behind it, and its association with chess, video games…
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Aug 31, 2020
How random can card-shuffling even be?
And why there are more orderings of a 52 card deck than the…
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