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- Banned math book https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2020/07/22/banned-math-book/ 108 comments
- Simulating identification by zip code, sex, and birthdate https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2018/12/07/simulating-zipcode-sex-birthdate/ 36 comments
- Does computer science help you program? https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2018/06/28/cs-and-programming/ 2 comments
- Regular expression resources http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2015/01/14/regular-expression-resources/ 2 comments
- How medieval astronomers made trig tables http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2014/11/23/compute-trig-tables/ 41 comments
- Why j for imaginary unit? http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/04/23/why-j-for-imaginary-unit/ 24 comments
- Daylight Saving Time is a huge mess http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2011/11/06/dst-is-a-mess/ 51 comments
- Surprises from numerical linear algebra (2010) http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/01/20/ten-surprises-from-numerical-linear-algebra/ 49 comments
- Enjoyment of one’s tools http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2011/07/31/enjoyment-of-ones-tools/ 3 comments
- Some programmers really are 10x more productive http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2011/01/10/some-programmers-really-are-10x-more-productive/ 2 comments
- How much does typing speed matter for programmers? http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/12/09/does-typing-speed-matter/ 18 comments
- Don't invert that matrix http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/01/19/dont-invert-that-matrix/ 8 comments
- The hard part in becoming a command line wizard https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2019/02/18/command-line-wizard/ 13 comments programming
- Integration by long division https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2018/10/31/integration-by-long-division/ 12 comments math
- Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their productivity https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/12/23/why-programmers-are-not-paid-in-proportion-to-their-productivity/ 1006 comments programming
- Viability of unpopular programming languages https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2018/04/17/unpopular-languages/ 23 comments programming
- Common words that have a technical meaning in math https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2017/10/19/common-words-that-have-a-technical-meaning-in-math/ 46 comments math
- Powers of the golden ratio are nearly integers https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2017/03/22/golden-powers-are-nearly-integers/ 45 comments math
- A simple, elegant proof about primes from Erdős http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2011/10/25/erdos-proof/ 21 comments math
- When is an infinitely differentiable function analytic? http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2016/10/25/when-does-a-function-equal-its-taylor-series/ 4 comments math
- Another way to define fractional derivatives http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2016/07/26/grunwald-letnikov/ 23 comments math
- Adding Interpolation Points Can Make a Fit Worse http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/04/01/polynomial-interpolation-errors/ 4 comments math
- Doubly and triply periodic functions http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2015/09/27/doubly-and-triply-periodic-functions/ 10 comments math
- Why define 0! = 1 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2015/04/11/defining-zero-factorial/ 78 comments math
- Math library functions that seem unnecessary http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/06/07/math-library-functions-that-seem-unnecessary/ 5 comments math
- Monads are hard because … http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2014/03/03/monads-are-hard-because/ 17 comments haskell
- Floating point error is the least of my worries http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2011/11/01/floating-point-worries/ 185 comments programming
- An Interview with Sir Michael Atiyah http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/09/24/interview-with-sir-michael-atiyah/ 3 comments math
- Seven dogmas of category theory http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/06/06/seven-dogmas-of-category-theory/ 5 comments math
- Need a 12-digit prime? http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/05/20/need-a-12-digit-prime/ 14 comments programming
- Perrin numbers and the statement “N is prime ‘almost if and only if’ ...” http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/05/07/almost-if-and-only-if/ 3 comments math
- Exact chaos http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/02/25/exact-chaos/ 11 comments math
- Should we teach sliderules? http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2011/04/11/sliderules/ 86 comments math
- Sledgehammer technique for trig integrals http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/11/02/sledgehammer-technique-for-trig-integrals/ 37 comments math
- Probability that a number is prime http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/10/06/probability-a-number-is-prime/ 29 comments math
- Infinite is easier than big http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/09/09/infinite-is-easier-than-big/ 34 comments math
- How many errors are left to find? http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/07/13/lincoln-index/ 19 comments programming
- Cosines and correlation http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/06/17/covariance-and-law-of-cosines/ 6 comments math
- How the central limit theorem began http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/01/05/how-the-central-limit-theorem-began/ 4 comments math
- Programming book I wish someone would write: R, The Good Parts http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/05/01/r-the-good-parts/ 12 comments programming