The most viewed thing I've ever made is a short about two colliding blocks computing π. I just made a new edition of the explanation for why π shows up there, setting things up for a (coming soon) follow-on connecting it to quantum computing.

youtu.be/6dTyOl1fmDo

In the new version Manopt.jl v0.5.7 we introduce the

Mesh Adaptive Direct Reach (MADS) algorithm(s)
manoptjl.org/stable/solve...

mainly providing the LTMADS which @oddsen.bsky.social worked on in his masters thesis.

Thanks Sander!

#Manifolds #julialang #Manopt

Godt nyttår 😁

Morsom fakta: 45*45=2025. Neste kvadrat er ikke før 46*46 = 2116.😎