I recently came across this article on a breakthrough in the generation of random numbers via computers which seems very exciting with descriptors such as “masterpiece” and “light years ahead.” Revision 2 of the draft paper is uploaded here: Explicitly Two-Source Extractors and Resilient Functions, although I freely admit it is far too technical for my… Continue reading More Randomness: And Computer Science
This post consists of just a few notes on Nassim Taleb’s “The Black Swan.” I really thought I was going to enjoy the heck out of this book and was looking forward to reading it. In my session, I was very excited by what the prologue seemed to be setting up. In my second session… Continue reading “The Black Swan” is a Black Swan
The Drunkard’s Walk, How Randomness Rules Our Lives, by Leonard Mlodinow Although not presented as such, this book turns out to be a layman’s reading of the history of probability and statistics. It includes high-level historical accounts, often centered on personalities, and conspicuously avoids a single mathematical equation, to the detriment of clarity in some… Continue reading The Drunkard’s Walk
