What is a sigma-algebra? And why do we need it in probability theory?

In this video, we’ll explore the intuition behind sigma-algebras from two different angles: geometry and logic.

First, with the help of cubes, spheres, and the famous Banach–Tarski paradox…

For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years later

A few weeks ago I was minding my own business, peacefully reading a well-written and informative article about artificial intelligence, when I was ambushed by a passage in the article that aroused …

A fast, zero-copy EDN (Extensible Data Notation) reader written in C11 with SIMD acceleration. - DotFox/edn.c

Why do software failures persist despite soaring IT budgets? Dive into the complexities that keep success elusive.

Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms.

When two of the most influential people in AI both say that today’s large language models are hitting their limits , it’s worth paying attention. In a recent long-form interview, Ilya Sutskever – co-founder of OpenAI and now head of Safe Superintelligence…

🚀 Local-first collaboration SDK for React, Vue, and Svelte. Batteries-included: Rich text, undo/redo, cursors, and presence. - Dancode-188/synckit

there's gonna be a small hackathon soon to find weaknesses in the control equations, where we will give you ciphertext and even part of the private key (13 kb out of 30 kb, so you can try to factorize it) and the ciphertext that contains the priv key unlocking…

I maintain a sorta-popular open source package, and I want to prevent big corporations and "bad guys" from using it. I want feedback on how to do this.