Hi everyone, Several students did optional computer projects this year. The first is a finite field calculator, which will multiply elements of a finite field. These are respresented as polynomials … more →
The Math 152 Weblogvlorbik wrote 1 week ago: this moving-around-of-letters activity of the past couple of rambles is, or could and (i hope someda … more →
vlorbik wrote 1 week ago: in recent posts i’ve typed out rather detailed descriptions of a fairly simple process: formin … more →
vlorbik wrote 1 week ago: a couple days ago i discussed a technique for listing all the permutations of a (small) set. essenti … more →
vlorbik wrote 1 week ago: the gospel i preach: simple things first. basic arithmetic, for example, turns out to possess a bott … more →
orangeverest wrote 2 weeks ago: I read in a website regarding a Treasure Hunt Event sponsored by Google dated almost one year ago. T … more →
Michael Bishop wrote 2 weeks ago: Please leave suggestions in the comments. I would offer some of the ones Matt and I have considered … more →
pluprofedgar wrote 3 weeks ago: Today we continued our lengthy discussion of the permutation group (also known as the symmetric grou … more →
pluprofedgar wrote 3 weeks ago: Today we continued our discussion of permutation groups. We introduced the idea of a permutation tha … more →
Timothée Poisot wrote 3 weeks ago: WelshPerm <- function(response,variable,nperm=999,...){ base <- oneway.test(response~variable, … more →
pluprofedgar wrote 3 weeks ago: Today we continued our discussion of the permutation groups. We began to discuss a new way to write … more →
pluprofedgar wrote 1 month ago: Today we continued our discussion of permutations and the group of permutations of a set . We saw th … more →
kcode wrote 1 month ago: Here is the code for generating all permutations of a word having all distinct characters, I wrote a … more →
Mr. Pi wrote 1 month ago: I wrote a couple of posts about combinations and permutations. These posts included definitions and … more →
Mr. Pi wrote 2 months ago: Any mathematics textbook you look you will find a definition of a permutation.The thing is, no matte … more →
Alistair wrote 2 months ago: Jeffrey A. Johnson’s SEPA: A Simple, Efficient Permutation Algorithm is indeed a fast and simp … more →
rjlipton wrote 2 months ago: How to count the number of cycles modulo in parallel Gian-Carlo Rota was one the world experts on co … more →
rickles wrote 3 months ago: First off, I would like to say, lately I’ve been getting a lot of messages saying “Omfg … more →
Cap Khoury wrote 3 months ago: Imagine you have two decks of playing cards, each thoroughly shuffled. You give one deck to your fr … more →
thedeadfrog wrote 4 months ago: This post is the second installment of my attempt to make sense of Burger King’s claim that th … more →