algorithms-math

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2025-02-16 · chadnauseam.com

calculator-app - Chad Nauseam Home

"A calculator app? Anyone could make that." (this was originally a https://x.com/ChadNauseam/status/1890889465322786878) Not true. A calculator should show you the result of the mathematical expressi…

"A calculator app? Anyone could make that."
2025-01-05 · righto.com

Pi in the Pentium: reverse-engineering the constants in its floating-point unit

Intel released the powerful Pentium processor in 1993, establishing a long-running brand of high-performance processors. 1 The Pentium incl...

Note: Based on Ken Shirriff's article "[Pi in the Pentium: reverse-engineering the constants in its floating-point unit](https://www.righto.com/2025/01/pentium-floating-point-ROM.html)", here is an outline of each section with explanations of the findings: | Section | Findings | |---|---| | **Introduction** | The Pentium processor's floating-point unit (FPU) computes transcendental functions like sine…

★ 2024-11-20 · emschwartz.me

Understanding the BM25 full text search algorithm

BM25 is a widely used algorithm for full text search. I wanted to understand how it works, so here is my attempt at understanding by re-explaining.

can I compare the BM25 scores of documents across multiple queries to determine which query the document best matches?
goal of a full text search algorithm is to take a query and find the most relevant documents
2024-11-18 · marktechpost.com

Support Vector Machine (SVM) Algorithm

Support Vector Machines (SVMs) are a powerful and versatile supervised machine learning algorithm primarily used for classification and regression tasks. They excel in high-dimensional spaces and are particularly effective when dealing with complex datasets. The core principle…

2024-10-17 · johndcook.com

RNG, PRNG, CSPRNG

A pseudorandom number generator may have good statistical properties but be insecure. But a physical RNG with good statistical properties is probably secure.