This Chalk Talk highlights applications of a discrete Gaussian in various areas, following a 2025 paper by Chinta, Jorgenson, Karlsson, and Smajlović. The topics include heat diffusion, Bessel ...

The saying “opposites attract” has long been used to describe every kind of relationship, from platonic to romantic.

We feel the need to tell others who we are so they will adjust their visions of us and treat us differently than they have ...

Imposter feelings grow when success is new. By gaining perspective, recognizing progress, and borrowing confidence until your ...

Taxation based on identity has a long, often sordid history, and persists to this day, usually with some subtlety. It is a relatively tame cousin of the blatant, violent, and genocidal policies that ...