Tag Archives: mathematica

Fun Word Problems!

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

A friend gave me this problem a couple of weeks ago: What is the longest word you can type on the QWERTY keyboard with just your left hand using the proper position? I love problems like this. Especially because I … Continue reading →

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Pandemic and Epidemic Models with Mathematica

Posted on May 6, 2009 by

In case you ever wanted to see some nice theory + simulation + visuals here’s a collection of nice Mathematica based explorations: Jeff Bryant with Ed Pegg’s code on Influenza Epidemic modeling Disease spread demonstration SARs spread demonstration/animation Oh, and … Continue reading →

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Wolfram|Alpha? – Computing we were promised 50 years ago?

Posted on March 5, 2009 by

An interesting approach to knowledge mentioned in Stephen Wolfram’s blog: But what about all the actual knowledge that we as humans have accumulated? A lot of it is now on the web—in billions of pages of text. And with search … Continue reading →

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webMathematica and MacOS X

Posted on February 7, 2009 by

Getting webMathematica working on MacOS X was not entirely trivial, even with decent install instructions. Here’s what you’ll need to avoid wasted time in getting set up: Install Mathematica first, ideally the latest version Your java should be fine provided … Continue reading →

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Wolfram Mathematica Home Edition

Posted on February 7, 2009 by

Wolfram Mathematica Home Edition is available.  It’s a $295 fully functional version of Mathematica 7. Everyone should consider getting a copy.  No, really, everyone.   What mathematica can help you do is as useful as word processing.  I know, that sounds … Continue reading →

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What Is Functional Programming?

Posted on December 21, 2008 by

Here’s a nice intro to functional programming on Dr. Dobbs. In any functional programming language, you are likely to encounter these features: * First-class functions, or higher-order functions: Functions can serve as arguments and results of functions. * Recursion as … Continue reading →

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Image Recognition in Mathematica 7 – Cheaper than a VC Backed Start Up!

Posted on December 10, 2008 by

Here’s a secret. You don’t need VC money to build a kickass image/video/sound recognition search engine like Like.com or that silly iphone app in the commercials. A copy of mathematica and this blog post on Mathematica 7s image manipulation features … Continue reading →

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Moebius Transformations and the Usefulness of Visualization

Posted on November 22, 2008 by

Here’s an amazing video on YouTube (this will be old news to many people, as the video got popular last year at this time).  I got the back story on this bad boy from American Mathematical Society monthly mag, Notices.  … Continue reading →

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Machine Learning in Mathematica

Posted on July 25, 2008 by

Mathematica is rad. Machine learning is also rad. Check out these fine demos and code files for some nice informatics and machine learning ideas.

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Church Rosser Theorem

Posted on July 16, 2008 by

This is one fun little theorem. Basically… if symbolic systems terminate (program halts/gives output), the terminating expression is independent of how the rules were applied. You get “confluence” out of this. You probably are thinking, “and so what does this … Continue reading →

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