Tag: Math
How Classical and Quantum Computers Search a Maze
A classical computer walks the maze one path at a time. A quantum computer makes the wrong paths cancel out. What Grover's algorithm actually does, and why it is quadratically, not exponentially, faster.
UE8M0 FP8 Number Format
Training LLMs without H100 using UE8M0 FP8 number format.
Understanding ML Numerical Formats
Understanding INT4, INT8, FP16, BF16, and TF32 formats in machine learning - their precision, speed, and memory trade-offs for training and inference.
Some Math
Definition Given a group G with symmetry elements g and symmetry operators P̂_(g), we denoted the irreducible representations by Γ_(n), where the n labels each different irreducible representation. We then define a set of basis vectors for each representation denoted by $\ket{\Gamma_n j}$, where...
A Monad Is Not A Burrito
Okay, it kind of is but that's like calling an airplane a car.
We Lost the ICPC Regionals
Logarithms are just orders of magnitude with a glow up, part 2
I continue to try to explain logarithms to myself.
Logarithms are just orders of magnitude with a glow up, part 1
I try to explain to myself how logarithms work.
Math + The Mechanics
The story of the Curta Calculator, a stylish portable mechanical calculator that doesn’t use electricity and has a surprisingly dramatic origin story.
Plotting A Takeover
The Texas Instruments graphing calculator, the long-neglected computing platform required by many high school math students, finally gets some competition.
A Game Boy For Math
Educators had a love-hate relationship with graphing calculators when they launched, but students loved them because they were great for games.