T V Raziman
razimantv.bsky.social
T V Raziman
@razimantv.bsky.social
Postdoc in theoretical physics and applied math, Complex Nanophotonics group@Imperial.

Currently working on waves in time-varying media, network lasers, and machine learning.

Other interests: recreational mathematics & programming, Indian politics
It works by reducing the game to an exact cover problem and using my implementation of Knuth's Algorithm X with Dancing links. If you give it a dictionary (and some forbidden words), It looks for valid placements of allowed words with depth-first search and finds an exact cover.
December 21, 2024 at 2:33 PM
I like the demonstration of asking someone to pluck their hair and showing that shining a pocket laser on it gives a diffraction pattern.
November 16, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Most of these academic pet peeves seem to arise from scientists being forced to play clown games for jobs and grants that we all would much rather not.
November 15, 2024 at 12:21 PM