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The product of the mth and nth Chebyshev polynomials is the average of the (m + n)th and (m – n)th Chebyshev polynomials.

Posted on 2021/11/16 by Carl Robitaille

The product of the mth and nth Chebyshev polynomials is the average of the (m + n)th and (m – n)th Chebyshev polynomials.
— Analysis Fact (@AnalysisFact) November 15, 2021

Barrette

Posted on 2021/11/16 by Carl Robitaille

Barrette

APOD: Light Pillar over Volcanic Etna

Posted on 2021/11/16 by Carl Robitaille

APOD: Light Pillar over Volcanic Etna

This tiny railroad across the sea has an important job

Posted on 2021/11/16 by Carl Robitaille

Wave-Particle Duality and Superwalking Droplets

Posted on 2021/11/16 by Carl Robitaille

Machine learning papers trying hard to make it look like it all works well

Posted on 2021/11/16 by Carl Robitaille

Machine learning papers trying hard to make it look like it all works well. pic.twitter.com/WvwEM1gVrP
— Peter Richtarik (@peter_richtarik) November 14, 2021

Which date-time format is the best?

Posted on 2021/11/16 by Carl Robitaille

date-time format by region, visualised

Which date-time format is the best? We are obviously used to whatever system we grew up in and somehow manage to successfully navigate a calendar and clock. After seeing this dataviz I took a liking to the ISO 8601 standard. Source: https://t.co/TZxHmQNFS9 pic.twitter.com/mPVBsEdEMa
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) November 14, 2021

COVID vaccine video

Posted on 2021/11/16 by Carl Robitaille

https://twitter.com/SamIAm2021MD/status/1459051952831189013?s=20

Changing view of Saturn from Earth between 2020 and 2050

Posted on 2021/11/16 by Carl Robitaille

Marvelous animation by @tylermorganwall shows our changing view of Saturn from Earth between 2020 and 2050. Source: https://t.co/fyhttcNi7d pic.twitter.com/3T9m9ot8aw
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) November 13, 2021

xkcd: Occam

Posted on 2021/11/16 by Carl Robitaille

xkcd: Occam