Computation

Numerical Linear Algebra

Notes

Practical matrix computations and numerical realities.

Gödel, Turing, and the Mathematics of Horror

The formal foundations of cosmic dread. Lovecraft's horror resonates because it taps into something mathematically demonstrable: complete knowledge is impossible — not as humility, but as theorem.

The Mocking Void: On the Computational Incompleteness of Meaning

Lovecraft understood that complete knowledge is madness. Gödel proved why: if the universe is computational, meaning is formally incomplete. Cosmic horror grounded in incompleteness theorems.

Computational Statistics - SIUe - STAT 575 - Problem Set 2

This problem set covers the E-M algorithm for right-censored normal data with known variance.

Review: A Symbolic Representation of Time Series, with Implications for Streaming Algorithms

In [1], the authors present a method for constructing a symbolic (nominal) representation for real-valued time series data. A symbolic representation is desirable because then it becomes possible to use many of the effective algorithms that require …

SIUe - Computational Statistics (STAT 575) - Problem Set 4

This problem set covers sampling from a Gamma distribution using Metropolis-Hastings and acceptance-rejection methods.

Suffering, Computation, and the Enigma of Reality

Cancer gives you a lot of time to think about suffering—its nature, its purpose (if any), and whether it reveals anything fundamental about reality.

Suffering as Information

One way to think about suffering: it’s how certain patterns of …

The Call of Asheron: Magic as Computational Discovery

The Call of Asheron is fantasy written by someone who thinks magic should have computational rigor.

Magic as Discovery

Magic in this world isn’t mysterious power—it’s natural philosophy, the systematic study of reality’s …