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Mathematics

Mathematics

Notes on mathematical concepts — from calculus to graph theory.

Leonhard Euler is shown in an eighteenth-century portrait.

Figure: Leonhard Euler's notation and results appear across analysis, graph theory, and number theory. Image: Wikimedia Commons, Jakob Emanuel Handmann, public domain.

Carl Friedrich Gauss is shown in a formal painted portrait.

Figure: Carl Friedrich Gauss is central to number theory, linear algebra, statistics, and numerical methods. Image: Wikimedia Commons, Gottlieb Biermann after Christian Albrecht Jensen, public domain.

The Mandelbrot set forms a black fractal boundary in the complex plane.

Figure: The Mandelbrot set turns iteration of a simple complex quadratic map into intricate geometry. Image: Wikimedia Commons, Einottaja, attribution required.

Topics

How these notes are organized

Each section starts with an intro page that gives the big picture and lists subtopics. Subtopic pages have:

  • Definitions stated formally
  • Intuition in plain English
  • Worked examples with derivations
  • Code samples where computation matters