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Monthly Archives: September 2018

The best explanation I’ve found of the simplex method

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This entry was posted in D1 decision maths; algorithmics on September 29, 2018 by dlandmj.

The “flash of inspiration” myth and “the silliest ever fictional mathematics”

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This entry was posted in History of maths on September 16, 2018 by dlandmj.

Permutations, combinations, Pascal’s triangle, Pigeonhole Principle, and Inclusion-Exclusion

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This entry was posted in Number theory, combinatorics and tagged Combinatorics on September 15, 2018 by dlandmj.

Fake maths and high finance

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This entry was posted in Number theory, combinatorics on September 2, 2018 by dlandmj.

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