Mathematical minimalism(johndcook.com)

27 points by chmaynard 6 months ago | 1 comments

Conway's pinwheel tiling(johndcook.com)

32 points by pavel_lishin 1 year ago | 3 comments

Why Mathematica does not simplify sinh(arccosh(x))(johndcook.com)

141 points by ibobev 7 months ago | 54 comments

987654321 / 123456789(johndcook.com)

613 points by ColinWright 1 year ago | 100 comments

John D. Cook blog post examining why 987654321/123456789 is nearly 8 and whether analogous digit ratios in other bases are close to integers.

The Buenos Aires Constant(johndcook.com)

103 points by zdw 1 year ago | 43 comments

Extrapolating quantum factoring(johndcook.com)

12 points by ibobev 1 year ago | 2 comments