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The latest edition of The Mathematician has dropped! Check out all the latest news and posts from the mathematics community in a single digest.

https://math.blaze.email/archive/the-mathematician-23-12-2025/

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The Mathematician 23-12-2025
ancient math motifs, math-inspired puzzles, deep number theories
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Mandelbrot Set – Rust Edition

https://scorpiosoftware.net/2025/12/24/mandelbrot-set-rust-edition/

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Mandelbrot Set – Rust Edition
Summary: Mandelbrot set viewer in Rust using num-complex and macroquad, with interactive zoom, window resizing, and keyboard/mouse controls.
scorpiosoftware.net
December 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Some kinship math

https://logarithmichistory.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/some-kinship-math/

#math #mathematics
Some kinship math
Summary: Kin selection math links group relatedness to social enforcement, showing rG approaches 1 as group size grows, highlighting socially enforced nepotism.
logarithmichistory.wordpress.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Property-based testing, adversarial developers, and LLMs

https://protocols-made-fun.com/pbt/2025/12/22/pbt-adversarial-llms.html

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Property-based testing, adversarial developers, and LLMs
Summary: Property-based testing, adversarial developers, LLMs, Hypothesis, Apalache, and Python-based examples in addition, commutativity, and associativity checks
protocols-made-fun.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Lissajous Knots

https://brendandawes.com/blog/Lissajous_Knots

#math #mathematics
Lissajous Knots
Summary: Explores 3D Lissajous waves and knot forms using generative visuals, software tools, and design concepts in a creative interaction design context.
brendandawes.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Bowie integrator and the nonlinear pendulum

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2025/12/23/bowie-integrator-and-the-nonlinear-pendulum/

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Bowie integrator and the nonlinear pendulum
Summary: Bowie’s ODE solver for y'' = f(y) explored on the nonlinear pendulum using Python, Scarazzini’s thesis, and elliptic integrals.
www.johndcook.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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And now for something completely different

https://hugovk.dev/blog/2025/and-now/

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And now for something completely different
Summary: Overview of π, its history, pi-themed memes, and Python release notes featuring Pi references and related figures.
hugovk.dev
December 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Math Ideas Expressed in Limericks

https://poetrywithmathematics.blogspot.com/2025/12/math-ideas-expressed-in-limericks.html

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Math Ideas Expressed in Limericks
Summary: Limericks meet mathematics, exploring mathematical ideas through poetry with references to OEDILF, cuproid, and notable figures in math and literature.
poetrywithmathematics.blogspot.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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a (sunny, crisp) day at ICSDS 2025

https://xianblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/19/a-sunny-crisp-day-at-icsds-2025/

#math #mathematics
a (sunny, crisp) day at ICSDS 2025
Summary: Bayesian learning sessions at ICSDS 2025 in Xi’an; proper prior minimaxity, variational inference, DIC, AI priors, martingale prediction, and urn-based math discussed by George, Margossian, Christensen, Rockova, Ng, Cappello, Ghiglietti.
xianblog.wordpress.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Developer Diary, Srinivasa Ramanujan

https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/12/22/ramanujan.html

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Developer Diary, Srinivasa Ramanujan
Summary: Ramanujan anniversary highlights Ramanujan's work, SaLaVI, Graphite, Jellyfin, NGINX, Mailchimp changes, Jekyll, and project updates.
john.colagioia.net
December 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Sphinx Cryptarithm #11

https://enigmaticcode.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/sphinx-cryptarithm-11/

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Sphinx Cryptarithm #11
Summary: Brainteaser of a Sphinx cryptarithm; Python tooling with substituted expressions to reconstruct a multiplication puzzle.
enigmaticcode.wordpress.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Dancing around the rhythm space with Euclid

https://pv.wtf/posts/euclidean-rhythms

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Dancing around the rhythm space with Euclid
Summary: Explores Euclidean and anti-Euclidean rhythms, VCV Rack sequencers, interpolation, and DIY pitch/density modulation for creative electronic music
pv.wtf
December 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Implementing Quadratic Regression with SGD Training Using C#

https://jamesmccaffreyblog.com/2025/12/22/implementing-quadratic-regression-with-sgd-training-using-csharp/

#math #mathematics
Implementing Quadratic Regression with SGD Training Using C#
Summary: Quadratic regression with SGD in C# implemented by James D. McCaffrey, using synthetic data and derived features.
jamesmccaffreyblog.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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The latest edition of The Mathematician has dropped! Check out all the latest news and posts from the mathematics community in a single digest.

https://math.blaze.email/archive/the-mathematician-23-12-2025/

#math #mathematics
The Mathematician 23-12-2025
ancient math motifs, math-inspired puzzles, deep number theories
math.blaze.email
December 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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A Math Quiz

https://blog.tanyakhovanova.com/2025/12/a-math-quiz/

#math #mathematics
A Math Quiz
Summary: A collection of cute math puzzles turned into a puzzle-hunt challenge with a final word or phrase answer.
blog.tanyakhovanova.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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New Gozinta Boxes Trick

https://blog.tanyakhovanova.com/2025/12/new-gozinta-boxes-trick/

#math #mathematics
New Gozinta Boxes Trick
Summary: Gozinta boxes trick: nested cuboids, rotation, and six possible nesting orders explored by Tanya Khovanova and STEP students.
blog.tanyakhovanova.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Formal Scientific Modeling

https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/formal-scientific-modeling/

#math #mathematics
Formal Scientific Modeling
Summary: Category theory for modeling in epidemiology; formal scientific modeling; collaboration insights with Nate Osgood, Xiaoyan Li, Kris Brown, Evan Patterson; software for epidemiology modeling
johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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An Inequality Union Find Inspired by Atomic Asymmetric Completion

https://www.philipzucker.com/asymmetric_complete/

#math #mathematics
An Inequality Union Find Inspired by Atomic Asymmetric Completion
Summary: Asymmetric completion, inequality union-find, e-graphs, refinement, and Brunei-style generalized rewriting in Python with LEUF
www.philipzucker.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Drawing Truchet tiles in SVG

https://alexwlchan.net/2025/truchet-tiles/?ref=rss

#math #mathematics
Drawing Truchet tiles in SVG
Summary: Drawing Carlson Truchet tiles in SVG using parametric templates and random tiling in JavaScript
alexwlchan.net
December 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Books I Read in 2025

https://mrhonner.com/archives/21809

#math #mathematics
Books I Read in 2025
Summary: Thoughtful non-fiction and sci-fi reads of 2025, pairing math history with education, exploration, and classic fiction.
mrhonner.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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The shape of mathematics to come

https://hoyleanalytics.org/2025/12/21/the-shape-of-mathematics-to-come/

#math #mathematics
The shape of mathematics to come
Summary: Explores AI in formal and non-formal mathematics, Kontorovich’s Shape of Math To Come, Lean, MathLib, AlphaProof, and implications for data science.
hoyleanalytics.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Each Point has Three Closest Neighbors

https://blog.tanyakhovanova.com/2025/12/each-point-has-three-closest-neighbors/

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Each Point has Three Closest Neighbors
Summary: Explore three-closest-neighbor configurations, rhombus patterns, and minimal 16-point constructions in planar point sets.
blog.tanyakhovanova.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Uniformly Random High-Degree Regular Graphs are Asymptotically Almost Surely Link-Irregular

https://jix.one/uniformly-random-high-degree-regular-graphs-are-asymptotically-almost-surely-link-irregular/

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Uniformly Random High-Degree Regular Graphs are Asymptotically Almost Surely Link-Irregular
Summary: High-degree regular graphs; distance sequences; unlink/link-irregularity; Bollobás distance identifications;, Béla Bollobás
jix.one
December 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Beta/Gamma/Normal and Jacobi/Laguerre/Hermite

https://djalil.chafai.net/blog/2025/12/21/beta-gamma-normal-and-jacobi-laguerre-hermite/

#math #mathematics
Beta/Gamma/Normal and Jacobi/Laguerre/Hermite
Summary: Beta/Gamma/Normal and Jacobi/Laguerre/Hermite: links between distributions and orthogonal polynomials, with Askey scheme and spectral operators
djalil.chafai.net
December 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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November’s Lectures, 2025

https://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/novembers-lectures-2025/

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November’s Lectures, 2025
Summary: November 2025 lectures cover combinatorics, AI explainability, quantum computing, robotics, and topology with Kalai highlighting Orit Raz, John Martinis, and Yuri Gurevich.
gilkalai.wordpress.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Trying to fit a logistic curve

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2025/12/20/fit-logistic-curve/

#math #mathematics
Trying to fit a logistic curve
Summary: Fitting a logistic curve from left-tail data with Python's SciPy may fail or be imprecise
www.johndcook.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM