Random recent posts
A random selection of recent posts from around the mathematical blogosphere.
- Weekend reads: Autism-vaccine researcher arraigned; ‘accidental watermarks’ in medical literature; mass resignations and zombie journalsRetraction Watch
- On This Day in Math - May 16Pat'sBlog
- GCSE Maths Paper 2Mathematics, Learning and Technology
- “As our daily lives involve ever more sophisticated computers, we will find that ascribing little thoughts to machines will be increasingly useful in understanding how to get the most good out of them” but “we must be careful not to ascribe properties to a machine that the particular machine doesn’t have”Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
- “DC Conventional Wisdom Goes Down to Defeat in State after State”Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
- Naturally Occurring QuasicrystalsAzimuth
- A new online seminar on ergodic theory starts today!Jérôme Buzzi’s
- Euler functionJohn D. Cook
- Searches Are Weird! No they're not! Bad coding style?Computational Complexity
- Impossible triangle and rabbitsImpossible world site blog
- actual criticisms of academia:Thales’ circles
- The linear algebra of bit twiddlingJohn D. Cook
- The Sun is the reason for Seasons - Free Season WorksheetMooMooMath and Science
- Internet Can’t Believe This Math ProblemMind Your Decisions
- The Pick-the-Winner-Picker Heuristic: Preference for Categorically Correct ForecastsStatistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
- Overall, I remain a fan of Oliver Sacks.Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
- Triangular analog of the squircleJohn D. Cook
- Handbook of Markov chain Monte Carlo, second editionStatistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
- Sixteen years ago at the blog: I'm not wasting time reading old paperbacks; I'm conducting serious research into Cold War political attitudesWest Coast Stat Views (on Observational Epidemiology and more)
- Moving from Jekyll to HugoPieter Belmans
- Monday Morning Math: Rational or Irrational?360
- What we're talking about when we talk about the AI bubbleWest Coast Stat Views (on Observational Epidemiology and more)
- Primitive sets and von Mangoldt chains: Erdős Problem #1196 and beyondWhat's new
- 5 Maths Gems #198Resourceaholic
- John Carlin says, “‘Identifying variables that independently predict…’ is not a well-defined research task”Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
- Carom Maths, A Level to University MathsMathematics, Learning and Technology
- Will you heed my warnings NOW?Shtetl-Optimized
- Circular arc approximationJohn D. Cook
- Unimodular matrix representations for pseudo-orientable ribbon graphsThe Matroid Union
- Should French pollsters be using Mister P?Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
- Geometry Problems of the Day (Geometry Regents, August 2025 Part IV)(x, why?)