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The best linear algebra books
If you would follow the road to linear algebra here are some trustworthy signposts.
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The most popular blog posts about math & algorithms on Hacker News. 132 posts.
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Solomon Golomb (1932–2016)
Stephen Wolfram shares a glimpse into his conversations with Solomon Golomb, developments on shift registers, polyominoes, scientific contributions.
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The Million-Key Question: Investigating the Origins of RSA Public Keys
Petr Švenda, Matúš Nemec, Peter Sekan, Rudolf Kvašňovský, David Formánek, David Komárek, and Vashek Matyáš, Masaryk University
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Gradient Boosting Explained in 3D
Understanding gradient boosting with interactive 3d-demonstrations
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Generalized linear models, abridged
Generalized linear models (GLMs) are indispensable tools in the data science toolbox. They are applicable to many real-world problems involving continuous, yes/no, count and survival data (and more). The models themselves are intuitive and can be used for inference and prediction. A few very high quality free and open…
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Fast Fibonacci Algorithms (2015)
Definition: The Fibonacci sequence is defined as \(F(0) = 0\), \(F(1) = 1\), and \(F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2)\) for \(n ≥ 2\). So the sequence (starting with \(F(0)\)) is 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ….
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Nearly All Binary Searches and Mergesorts Are Broken (2006)
Posted by Joshua Bloch, Software EngineerI remember vividly Jon Bentley's first Algorithms lecture at CMU, where he asked all of us incoming Ph.D. ...
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Backblaze Releases the Reed-Solomon Java Library for Free
Today we are releasing our latest open-source project: Backblaze Reed-Solomon Java library for erasure coding. Click for details on how to use and download.
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The Relativistic Rocket
Thanks to Alan R. Wilson for correcting a two-word typo involving GPS satellites. Thanks to Aron Yoffe for suggesting the newtonian comparison. Thanks to Tom Fuchs for suggesting the analogy to the stone thrown upwards. Fuel numbers added by Don Koks, 2004. Updated by Phil Gibbs, 1998. Thanks to Bill Woods for…
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What if You Only Invested at Market Peaks?
What happens when you only invest at the peaks of the market by being the world's worst market timer.