Lines of equidistance What's the chance that two random points in the square are equidistant from some random point on the side that's closest to one of them? Posted on December 1, 2024 Tags: geometry distance intermediate-value-theorem
Stable tiles How to defy the laws of physics in service of age 3+ entertainment. Posted on November 17, 2024 Tags: symmetry optimization
Peloton leaderboard How great will you be if you're average in the middle? Posted on October 14, 2024 Tags: statistics
Tree-edge triage Can you taunt your friend forever? Posted on September 1, 2024 Tags: recursion phase-transitions game-theory jane-street
Drifting around How often will the round of the sums be the sum of the rounds? Posted on August 26, 2024 Tags: random-walks approximation
Judging judging How often are we penalizing our bravest gymnasts? Posted on August 11, 2024 Tags: geometry
Lose to win Can you lose the points while winning the match? Posted on July 17, 2024 Tags: partition-functions counting
Can you witness an epic collapse? How often will Indianapolis get its dreams crushed? Posted on June 9, 2024 Tags: counting first-passage
Interview line splitting What is the sum of the products of endless division? Posted on June 1, 2024 Tags: scaling recursion
The radius of a rectangle What would the world look like if you could only see squares? Posted on May 19, 2024 Tags: scaling geometry