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David Eppstein
Personal blog · 11011110.github.io/blogmathprogramming
David Eppstein writes 11011110, a personal blog at 11011110.github.io about math and programming. Since 2019, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “Maybe powers of π don't have unexpectedly good approximations?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link David Eppstein's blog for maths and computing posts, such as the Kolakoski sequence, continued fractions and the distribution of partial quotients. It also appears in a list of favourite corners of the internet.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Maybe powers of π don't have unexpectedly good approximations?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-07-13
What Hacker News says?
To actually quantify how "surprised" we should be, see e.g.: • Gauss-Kuzmin distribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gauss%E2%80%93Kuz... • This post: https://11011110.github.io/blog/2022/06/04/maybe-powers-pi.h... (Look at the tail of the distribution, i.e. sum(p(k)) for k ≥ 292 — that will give the probability that a specific term in the continued fraction of a "random" number is at least 292. This…
Comment linking /blog/2022/06/04/maybe-powers-pi.html
on “The Mystery of 355/113 (2010)”Submitted Playing with model trains and calling it graph theory as a story · 145 points
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on “Ask HN: Favorite Little Corners of the Internet?”Submitted Raytracing diamonds as a story · 131 points
HN discussionThere's a fascinating way to generate the Kolakoski sequence with bit fiddling: https://11011110.github.io/blog/2016/10/14/kolakoski-sequenc...
Comment linking /blog/2016/10/14/kolakoski-sequence-via.html
on “Kolakoski Sequence”Submitted Flipping until you are lost as a story · 102 points
HN discussionSubmitted Maybe powers of π don't have unexpectedly good approximations? as a story · 75 points
HN discussionSubmitted 2-adic numbering for binary tilings as a story · 49 points
HN discussionSubmitted Pseudonymity in Academic Publishing as a story · 41 points
HN discussionSubmitted Twenty Questions with a Random Liar as a story · 16 points
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Submitted Stack-based graph traversal ≠ depth first search as a story · 3 points
HN discussion Submitted Ready Lists as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Triangulation Thickens Grids as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Blog of David Eppstein as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Range Voting Considered Harmful as a story · 1 points
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