Tag: Math

Being a data scientist is more than just using plug-and-play machine learning packages. You have to understand what the algorithm is actually doing first and foremost and know when and why to use it. The process to learn what the algorithms are doing is by studying the underlying maths. To be a h...

In this tutorial, we will explore how to create a project related to math and statistics functions in Python from scratch. We will cover the practical applications, necessary Python libraries, and step-by-step instructions for setting up the project environment, implementing foundational steps, and ...

One of my favorite stories my grandfather tells goes like this: Sometime in the mid 1950s as a high school freshman he steps into a classroom, sees an algebraic expression on the board and says to his teacher: “I thought this is math. What’s with all of those letters?” Decades l...

This book has all but 4 chapters, with the first one ‘Examples’ spanning over half of its length. The book if full of examples illuminating different topics in elementary and advanced mathematics while also giving some historical context. Read this book with a pen and paper handy! Mat...

I had this math teacher. His name was Kent Clark, otherwise known as “man super” to everyone — get it? His cheap brown polyester pants were a bit too tight for high school, and he must have found his shirts on sale because he was always wearing the same brown shirt. It was always b...

Point math is a branch of mathematics that deals with the arithmetic operations on points in different geometrical spaces. It may sound complicated, but the core ideas behind point math are simple, intuitive, and easy to grasp. This simplicity, coupled with its versatility, makes point math a powerf...

New South Wales (NSW, Australia) has an HSC (higher school certificate) math curriculum as shown in Figure 1. Year 12 Mathematics Extension 2 is the hardest math class taught at high-school there. Let’s look at three problems from the Year 12 Mathematics Extension 2 HSC exam from sever...

Today I had class and am starting back again. I left midway because I forgot my dance shoes, and took barre in socks. It is a lot, all that I carry. But I got my first solo in the last show. I want to start to get strong enough to wear pointe shoes for center class and not just rehearsal. I don&rsqu...

So World of Engineering posted this puzzle online, and since there’s confusion in the comments, I thought I’d clear things up. The situation is simple: we have 5 squares of varying sizes, the smallest of which is 1 by 1 (the unit doesn’t matter here). They ar...