Darts, Checkouts and Recursion
Two methods for calculating the number of ways to checkout from a given score in darts
Physics & Computer Science
Perspectives on Pythagoras’ Theorem
Pythagoras’ Theorem, Pythagorean triples and Dijkstra’s generalisation.
Measuring the Sky II: Models, Planets and Transits
How did astronomers calculate the distance to the planets?
Measuring the Sky I: Earth, Moon, Sun
How did the ancient Greeks calculate the distance to the Sun? The first post in a series exploring the measurement of distances to various celestial objects.
Paradoxical Skies
An overview of Olbers’ paradox and our place in the cosmos.
Improved Name Generation
A brief overview of n-grams and techniques for improved random name generation.
Procedural Name Generation
A brief guide to generating random names with Markov chains.
Detecting Craters on Mars
A short article adapted from my award-winning poster presentation at Pawsey.
The Travelling Thief Problem
A discussion of the relatively new Travelling Thief Problem; a merger of the well-known Travelling Salesman and 0-1 knapsack problems, plus a brief foray into computational complexity.