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Book review: Opt Art

Posted on November 16, 2019 by Brent

[Disclosure of Material Connection: Princeton Press kindly provided me with a free review copy of this book. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions expressed are my own.] Opt Art: From Mathematical Optimization to Visual Design … Continue reading →

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MaBloWriMo 24: Bezout’s identity

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Brent

A few days ago we made use of Bézout’s Identity, which states that if and have a greatest common divisor , then there exist integers and such that . For completeness, let’s prove it. Consider the set of all linear … Continue reading →

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