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Notes on using LaTeX to generate formulae
11 Oct 2025
This post collects some notes on using LaTeX to render mathematical documents and formulae, mostly focused on a Linux machine. For background, I typically use LaTeX for one of two (related) purposes:
Summary of reading: July - September 2025
1 Oct 2025
• "The Compromise" by Sergei Dovlatov - (read in Russian) the author was a journalist in the Soviet Union in the 60s and 70s. This book is a humorous, semi-biographic account of some of the issues
Consistent hashing
27 Sep 2025
This post is an introduction to consistent hashing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistent_hashing), an algorithm for designing a hash table such that only a small portion of keys has to be
Hilbert space: treating functions as vectors
6 Sep 2025
The tools of linear algebra are extremely useful when working in Euclidean space (e.g. \mathbb{R}^3). Wouldn’t it be great if we could apply these tools to additional mathematical constructs, such
Implementing Forth in Go and C
27 Aug 2025
I first ran into Forth about 20 years ago when reading a book about designing embedded hardware (https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/designing-embedded-hardware/0596007558/). The reason I got the
Notes on even and odd functions
4 Jul 2025
A function that satisfies f(-x)=f(x) for its entire domain is called an even function (also sometimes referred to as symmetric). Its graph is symmetric w.r.t. the y axis. Some examples of even