Tag: mathematics
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The Boy Who Brought Balance to Numbers
Once upon a time, about 1,200 years ago, in a land called Persia, a curious boy named Muhammad al-Khwarizmi was born. Muhammad loved questions. He loved learning. Most of all, he loved books. As he grew older, his love for…
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Maryam Mirzakhani: Finding Patterns in Chaos
Maryam Mirzakhani was one of the greatest mathematicians in history. She was the first woman ever to win the Fields Medal, which is the highest award in mathematics. When she was still a teenager, she also won two gold medals…
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Game Theory #2: The Accelerate Dilemma or Axelrod Game Theory
Remember my blog post about the Prisoner’s Dilemma (Game Theory #1)? That was about a one-time event where prisoners have to make a choice. But in real life, we go through a series of repeated events like repeated Prisoner’s Dilemmas.…
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Game Theory #1: The Prisoner’s Dilemma
In 1950, two mathematicians named Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher developed a model which was later formalized and popularized by Albert W. Tucker. That model is now known as the Prisoner’s Dilemma. What is that? imagine two prisoners who are…
