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About convergence

convergence

analysis

This post follows the request of proving that

Juxtaposition - The art of writing ambiguous content, and the damnation of the engagement bait

click bait

rant

math notation

programming

Every few months, it happens again. A post going viral on social media featuring an elementary math expression like this:

Coin tosses - From prior statistics to inference

statistics

Humans are wired to find patterns in randomness. If a coin lands on Heads five times in a row, our intuition insists something is up. But how do we separate a genuine…

Central limit theorem - why and when Gaussian distributions appear

statistics

central limit theorem

In many introductory physics classes and labs, students are frequently taught that measurements will follow a Gaussian distribution. However, this is often a…

Compressible fluid mechanics and finite volume method

fluid mechanics

hyperbolic equations

finite volume method

This post acts as an introduction to or the landing page of a “meta-course” on compressible fluid mechanics and finite volume method.

Quadratic Equations and Conics

conics

quadratic equations

analytic geometry

linear algebra

Natural modes in structures

structural mechanics

natural modes

resonance

This post tries to answer a narrow question I’ve found on Physics SE, mainly about some doubts the OP¹ had about standing waves — or natural or proper modes of vibration —…

Weak formulation of problems in structural mechanics

structural mechanics

weak form

This post grew out of a question about a structural mechanics exercise that appeared in a community of structural engineers. The exercise dealt with a hyperstatic beam…

Hello .ipynb on the blog!

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jupyter

Just the first try of a notebook post.

Hello blog!

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