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Shortest Distance Between Two Lines

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education

The plots in this post can be difficult to see on a small screen, such as a phone. You might need to view it on a desktop.

The Monty Fall Problem

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puzzles

probability

The Monty Hall problem is notorious for screwing with the heads of mathematicians, amateur and famous alike. But once you get your head around the Monty Hall problem, you…

What Is A Multidimensional Array?

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scientific computing

numerical methods

I don’t think it’s controversial to say that multidimensional arrays are the data structure that scientists will encounter most often when programming. Hell, I don’t think…

How To Board Your Plane

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symmetry

probability

puzzles

A lecturer at my uni recently nerd sniped¹ me with a problem that was frankly joyful to solve. I was surprised to find that, despite being in an office full of physicists, I…