We Made the Isospectral Drums and it Went… Fine
It's usually the task of the modeler to make their assumptions fit the real world as closely as is practical. It was now our task to make a real-world drum that conformed to the modeling assumptions.
Brantley Fights Functors
Mathematics PhD Student at The Ohio State University
Latest posts
Playing Cards with Bayes’ Theorem
Half the fun of Wizard 330 comes from the simple joy of over-analysis.
What’s So Great About Polynomials?
There is at least one good reason to care about polynomials!
Probabilities Are Less Real Than You Think
Probability statements tend to carry some of the gravitas and authority of mathematics. I claim that we tend to take these statements too seriously. Real world events do not have intrinsic probabilities.
Paper Explainer: Geometry and Stability of Supervised Learning Problems
Is there a good way to think about making a whole bunch of changes to your problem at once?
What Does an OSI Layer Even Mean?
OSI layers, at their core, solve problems.
The Logarithmic Black Sheep
Every time I am forced to check if my exponent falls into this one exceptional case, a voice somewhere in my head protests. How does this make sense?? How do you get a continuous family of monomials except for the one case where, of all things, you get a logarithm!?
The Two Guards Riddle: A Couple of Insights
Some observations about the classic riddle in which one guard lies and the other tells the truth.
“Why Do I Need Complex Numbers?”
An exploration of whether we need complex numbers at all.
Fight Functors with Fire
Don't just read it; fight it!