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Anyone at the JMM?

🕑 Added 2024-01-01 21:38:21 +0000 UTC

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Neal McBurnett

I was there, but didn't see this in time. Darn!

_ericBG

Hi Grant, I recently came across a topic that may be really interesting for a video explainer (and I can't seem to find any good explanations quickly) - planimeters & Green's theorem! They're an 1800s tool that give you the area enclosed by some area; actually they predate Green's theorem, but the rigorous justification for why they work involves it.

Kyle M. Kabasares

Darn, wish I saw this earlier! I reside in the Bay Area but I am in SF native. Maybe next time I’ll be lucky!

ñ8 cheifffe

Happy holidays, glad u'll be in the Bay, I'm 5hrs north of SF, will you be speaking at the event?

FragrantCoffeeBeans

Oh wow, see you there!

Bartosz Błaszkiewicz

I know I keep repeating myself but I'm still aching for closure on your oldest project. The linear algebra explanation seems (to me) incomplete without explaining the most baffling, unsettling, brow-raising concept that is pseudo-inverse. How is it possible that it always exists, even for square matrices with the determinant of zero?

Miles

Happy New Year, Grant! Not exactly my forte either, but I did a semi-deep dive in grad school from a crypto slant. Feel free to reach out -- I'll help as much as I can!

Anuj Gupta

Have fun learning, unfortunately i am in Austin so will not be able to make it 😭

Keith J. Farmer

Not exactly my forte, but if you mean elliptic curves as in geometry there’s the ongoing problem of solving Kepler’s equation efficiently, which is a fundamental problem of orbital mechanics. You should be able to find a couple books on the subject (at least one that is fully dedicated to the topic). I also have vague memory of elliptic *functions* (? — what are they?) also figuring into the proof of Fermat’s theorem.