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| | jaydaigle.net
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| | We continue our exploration of what numbers are, and where mathematicians keep finding weird ones. In the first three parts we extended the natural numbers in two ways: algebraically and analytically. Those approaches gave overlapping but distinct sets of numbers. This week we combine them to get the complex numbers, and see some hints of why the complex numbers are so useful-and so frustrating.
| | rareskills.io
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| | Finite Fields and Modular Arithmetic for ZK Proofs This article is the third in a series. We present finite fields in the context of circuits for zero-knowledge proofs. The previous chapters are P vs NP and its Application to Zero Knowledge Proofs and Arithmetic Circuits. In the previous chapter on arithmetic circuits, we pointed out...
| | mcyoung.xyz
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| | [AI summary] This text provides an in-depth explanation of linear algebra concepts, including vector spaces, linear transformations, matrix multiplication, and field extensions. It emphasizes the importance of understanding these concepts through the lens of linear maps and their composition, which naturally leads to the matrix multiplication formula. The text also touches on the distinction between vector spaces and abelian groups, and discusses the concept of field extensions, such as [R:Q] and [C:R]. The author mentions their art blog and acknowledges their own drawing of the content.
| | nicf.net
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| A blog about math by Nic Ford