14 More Python Features and Tricks You May Not Know About
More Python 3.4+ features and tricks. See how many of them you already know.
Math ∪ Code by Sahand Saba
Math ∪ Code by Sahand Saba
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10 Questions to Ask a Software Engineer Hiring Manager During the Team Matching Phase
Ten questions you can ask a hiring manager to learn about the team effectively and show your curiosity and interest.
Combinatorial Generation For Coding Interviews With Examples In Python
What you need to know to solve basic combinatorial generation problems you might encounter on coding interviews, with plenty of examples in Python.
6 Minimum Steps To Securing Your Online Identity And Data
Raising the bar for what is necessary to keep your accounts secure online.
From An Iterator of Iterators to Cantor's Paradise: A Deep Dive Into An Interview Question
A deep dive into flattening an iterator of iterators and a segue into set theory and some of its theorems based on the solutions to this problem, inspired by a coding interview question.
Generating All Balanced Parentheses: A Deep Dive Into An Interview Question
A deep dive into generating all balanced parentheses, inspired by a coding interview question.
Graph Algorithms For Coding Interviews
A quick review of basic graph algorithms and related data structures for coding interviews, with minimal implementations and unit tests provided in Python.
Fun With Python Coroutines: Generating Permutations
A very short post on having fun with coroutines to generate all permutations of a given list.
The Infinite In Haskell and Python
Exploring the use of coroutines and lazy evaluation to generate infinite structures in Haskell and Python.
9 Anti-Patterns Every Programmer Should Be Aware Of
A discussion of software design and programming anti-patterns to know for every programmer, with examples.
Understanding Recurrence Relations Using Automata, Python Code, And Javascript Visualizations
Recurrence relations are very often taught in first- or second-year computer science and discrete mathematics courses. This post takes a somewhat different and more visual approach to understanding linear recurrences and solving them by drawing the link between linear recurrences, automata, and matrices, using the problem of generating all domino-tilings of a board as the springboard. Code in…
Understanding Asynchronous IO With Python's Asyncio And Node.js
An exploration of asynchronous IO, event loops, threads, and coroutines through code written for Node.js and Python 3.4.
Turing Recognizability of Turing Machines That Accept All Strings
A proof that the set of encodings of Turning machines that accept all strings is not Turing-recognizable.
Visualizing Philosophers And Scientists By The Words They Used With Python and d3.js
Creating a word-cloud based off of publicly available project Gutenberg books, with d3.js and Python.
It From Bit - A Brief Exploration Of Some Ideas and Results From The Theory of Computation
A presentation I gave to a group of physics graduate students, as an introduction to some ideas and results in theoretical computer science.
Understanding SAT by Implementing a Simple SAT Solver in Python
SAT is often described as the "mother of all NP-complete problems." This post goes over what SAT is and why it is considered to be so important. A simple SAT solver is implemented using Python in the process.
So How Do You Actually Calculate The Fibonacci Numbers?
You have seen it as an example a million times. But do you know how to do it efficiently?
Combinatorial Generation Using Coroutines With Examples in Python
Approaching combinatorial generation algorithms using coroutines, with examples in Python. Inspired by Knuth's work in his volume 4 of The Art of Computer Programming, as well as his "Deconstructing Coroutines" paper, co-written with Frank Ruskey.
30 Python Language Features and Tricks You May Not Know About
A list of Python tips and tricks. See how many of them you already know.
Multilinear Representation of Boolean Functions
Algorithm to compute the multilinear representation of a boolean function given its truth table.
Understanding Two-Step Verification With An Example Using Python and Google Authenticator
An introduction to two-step authentication, HOTP and TOTP algorithms, with an example in Python on Heroku using Flask and pyotp and the Google Authenticator app for client-side.
Line Intersecting Maximal Number of Circles (Circle "Stabbing" Problem)
Developing an algorithm to find a line that intersects a maximal number of circles, given a set of circles. Based on an ACM ICPC regional competition problem.
Finding the Tangent Line to Two Circles Demonstrated Using JSXGraph
An HTML5 applet demonstrating step by step how to find tangent lines to two circles, using the JSXGraph framework.
Thales Inscribed Angle Theorem Demonstrated Using JSXGraph
An HTML5 applet demonstrating the Thales inscribed angle theorem.
Expected Running Time of Two Randomized Sort Algorithms (ACM ICPC 2013 PACNW Regional)
Computing the expected running time of two randomized sort algorithms for a given input array. This problem appeared in ACM ICPC 2013 PACNW regional competition.
Pattern Matching in Fibonacci Words (ACM ICPC World Finals 2012)
A discussion of calculating the number of occurrences of a given pattern in Fibonacci words, with a Java solution. Problem from the 2012 ACM ICPC world finals.
Programmer's Guide to Setting Up a Mac OS X Machine
My list of items to do to set up a Mac OS X machine for coding and other power user tasks.
Fibonacci Primitive Roots of Primes (Project Euler)
A problem on finding primes with Fibonacci primitive roots, from Project Euler and my Python solution.
Common Substring Permutation
Short post on a simple problem on common subsequence permutations with a neat one-line Python solution.
Visualizing the Convex Hull Using Raphaël
Visualizing a simple incremental convex hull algorithm using HTML5, JavaScript and Raphaël, and what I learned from doing so.
Basics of Cryptography Part I: RSA Encryption and Decryption
An introduction to RSA cryptography, with accompanying Python code implementing the basic algorithms used. A quick review of the number theory and group theory involved is given as well.
Hundred Prisonors and a Room With a Light Switch
A hundred prisoners are given a challenge that might set them free. See if you can solve the puzzle involving a light switch and help them gain their freedom.
A Study of Python's More Advanced Features Part III: Classes and Metaclasses
A study of how Python handles classes and metaclasses.
Interview Question: All Possible Products of a List of Primes
Interview question to list all possible products of a list of primes, with two Python solutions and a short discussion of the problem.
Problem-Solving Lessons From George Pólya
What I learned from Newman's selections of Pólya's How to Solve It, the influential and beautifully written book on problem-solving techniques and heuristics.
Interview Question: Fair and Unfair Coins and Bayes Theorem
Interview question to infer the probability of an fair and unfair coins after a certain number of coin tosses using Bayes' theorem.
A Study of Python's More Advanced Features Part II: Closures, Decorators and functools
A study of Python's function and class decorators. An appendix to explain Python's closures is given too. Plenty of examples.
A Study of Python's More Advanced Features Part I: Iterators, Generators, itertools
A study of Python's iterators, generators and the itertools package, with ample (mostly) mathematical examples.
Interview Question: Fairness from Unfairness and Randomness Extraction
Interview question to use an unfair coin to simulate a fair one. The question is the same as extracting randomness from an unfair Bernoulli process. A Python implementation is given.
Manbelbrot Meets HTML5 - A Little Fractal Geometry
Simple HTML5 and JavaScript code to generate the Mandelbrot fractal on a canvas element.
Interview Question: Grouping Words Into Anagrams
Simple Python solution to interview question to group words into anagrams.
A Christmas-Themed Experiment - HTML5 Canvas Snowflakes
Little experiment with HTML5 and Canvas to generate random fractal snowflake-like patterns.