When Life Is Linear : From Computer Graphics to Bracketology.
Chartier, Tim.
When Life Is Linear : From Computer Graphics to Bracketology. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (151 pages) - Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library ; v.45 . - Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library .
Cover -- Half title -- Copyright -- Title -- Dedication -- Series -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 X Marks the Spot -- 2 Entering the Matrix -- 2.1 Sub Swapping -- 2.2 Spying on the Matrix -- 2.3 Math in the Matrix -- 3 Sum Matrices -- 3.1 Adding to Things -- 3.2 Getting Inverted -- 3.3 Blending Space -- 3.4 Linearly Invisible -- 3.5 Leaving Through a Portal -- 4 Fitting the Norm -- 4.1 Recommended Movie -- 4.2 Handwriting at a Distance -- 5 Go Forth and Multiply -- 5.1 Scaly by Product -- 5.2 Computing Similar Taste -- 5.3 Scaling to Higher Dimensions -- 5.4 Escher in the Matrix -- 5.5 Lamborghini Spinout -- 5.6 Line Detector -- 6 It's Elementary, My Dear Watson -- 6.1 Visual Operation -- 6.2 Being Cryptic -- 7 Math to the Max -- 7.1 Dash of Math -- 7.2 Linear Path to College -- 7.3 Going Cocoa for Math -- 8 Stretch and Shrink -- 8.1 Getting Some Definition -- 8.2 Getting Graphic -- 8.3 Finding Groupies -- 8.4 Seeing the Principal -- 9 Zombie Math-Decomposing -- 9.1 A Singularly Valuable Matrix Decomposition -- 9.2 Feeling Compressed -- 9.3 In a Blur -- 9.4 Losing Some Memory -- 10 What Are the Chances? -- 10.1 Down the Chute -- 10.2 Google's Rankings of Web Pages -- 10.3 Enjoying the Chaos -- 11 Mining for Meaning -- 11.1 Slice and Dice -- 11.2 Movie with not Much Dimension -- 11.3 Presidential Library of Eigenfaces -- 11.4 Recommendation-Seeing Stars -- 12 Who's Number 1? -- 12.1 Getting Massey -- 12.2 Colley Method -- 12.3 Rating Madness -- 12.4 March MATHness -- 12.5 Adding Weight to the Madness -- 12.6 World Cup Rankings -- 13 End of the Line -- Bibliography -- Index.
9780883859889
Mathematics -- Computer programs.
Electronic books.
QA76.95 -- .W446 2015eb
502.855262
When Life Is Linear : From Computer Graphics to Bracketology. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (151 pages) - Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library ; v.45 . - Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library .
Cover -- Half title -- Copyright -- Title -- Dedication -- Series -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 X Marks the Spot -- 2 Entering the Matrix -- 2.1 Sub Swapping -- 2.2 Spying on the Matrix -- 2.3 Math in the Matrix -- 3 Sum Matrices -- 3.1 Adding to Things -- 3.2 Getting Inverted -- 3.3 Blending Space -- 3.4 Linearly Invisible -- 3.5 Leaving Through a Portal -- 4 Fitting the Norm -- 4.1 Recommended Movie -- 4.2 Handwriting at a Distance -- 5 Go Forth and Multiply -- 5.1 Scaly by Product -- 5.2 Computing Similar Taste -- 5.3 Scaling to Higher Dimensions -- 5.4 Escher in the Matrix -- 5.5 Lamborghini Spinout -- 5.6 Line Detector -- 6 It's Elementary, My Dear Watson -- 6.1 Visual Operation -- 6.2 Being Cryptic -- 7 Math to the Max -- 7.1 Dash of Math -- 7.2 Linear Path to College -- 7.3 Going Cocoa for Math -- 8 Stretch and Shrink -- 8.1 Getting Some Definition -- 8.2 Getting Graphic -- 8.3 Finding Groupies -- 8.4 Seeing the Principal -- 9 Zombie Math-Decomposing -- 9.1 A Singularly Valuable Matrix Decomposition -- 9.2 Feeling Compressed -- 9.3 In a Blur -- 9.4 Losing Some Memory -- 10 What Are the Chances? -- 10.1 Down the Chute -- 10.2 Google's Rankings of Web Pages -- 10.3 Enjoying the Chaos -- 11 Mining for Meaning -- 11.1 Slice and Dice -- 11.2 Movie with not Much Dimension -- 11.3 Presidential Library of Eigenfaces -- 11.4 Recommendation-Seeing Stars -- 12 Who's Number 1? -- 12.1 Getting Massey -- 12.2 Colley Method -- 12.3 Rating Madness -- 12.4 March MATHness -- 12.5 Adding Weight to the Madness -- 12.6 World Cup Rankings -- 13 End of the Line -- Bibliography -- Index.
9780883859889
Mathematics -- Computer programs.
Electronic books.
QA76.95 -- .W446 2015eb
502.855262