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Perceptrons: The First Trainable Neural Networks

Teaching Computers to Learn, Part 3

Feb 10 • 

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November 2024

Representing Floating-Point Numbers

How do computers store real numbers?

Nov 28, 2024 • 

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August 2024

The Mathematical Origins of Machine Learning

Teaching Computers to Learn, Part 2

Aug 12, 2024 • 

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July 2024

Teaching Computers to Learn, Part 1

The story behind the ideas and algorithms that power artificial intelligence today.

Jul 28, 2024 • 

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May 2024

Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

How to Share a Secret

May 27, 2024 • 

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April 2024

What is a B-Tree?

Understanding the data structure behind modern databases

Apr 29, 2024 • 

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February 2024

How do computers add numbers so quickly?

Understanding carry-lookahead adders

Feb 27, 2024 • 

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August 2023

How to Design Secure Encryption

Understanding the logic behind the Advanced Encryption Standard

Aug 22, 2023 • 

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May 2023

Understanding the Halting Problem

Why can't it be solved?

May 7, 2023 • 

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April 2023

Minimax: How Computers Play Games

What algorithms do computers use to choose the best moves?

Apr 19, 2023 • 

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September 2020

Can You Always Win a Game of Tetris?

The math behind the game of Tetris

Sep 7, 2020 • 

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August 2020

How Fast Could a Computer Be?

Computers keep getting faster — could that trend continue forever?

Aug 22, 2020 • 

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