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When talking about engineering projects, people often use the classic "Speed, low cost, quality -> pick 2". There is a lot of truth to it, and in many companies, pressures to lower delays and costs are often far more powerful than pressures to drive up quality. Most executives only want the product to be good...
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A new way to write mathematics Vladimir Voevodsky won the Fields Medal in 2002 for his work on homotopy theory of algebraic varieties. Using his pioneering methods he proved, among many other things, a deep conjecture of John Milnor, that had been open for decades. Today I want to talk about, no, rant about, a...
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For those who aren't regular readers: as a followup to this post, there are four posts detailing the basic four methods of proof, with intentions to detail some more advanced proof techniques in the future. You can find them on this blog's primers page. Do you really want to get better at mathematics? Remember when you first learned how to program? I do. I spent two years experimenting with Java programs on my own in high school.
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Software Engineers do the complex work so that we can enjoy efficient software solutions. They're creating the systems behind the digital tools we use at work or in our personal life. This takes strong logical thinking and problem-solving skills, as well as a deep knowledge of computer science and programming. It's a challenging, but exciting [...]
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