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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I don't think so, Nature is always better! (and much more efficient!)

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Karsten Konrad 🇪🇺 @zabong69.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Extremely addictive, this.

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

It sounds interesting, thanks for the details. Also differentiable programming could be a viable approach...

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Thanks, glad it sparked something! The genetic search angle is genuinely interesting: what's your fitness function for "interesting"?

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John C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Make a binary tree listing all matrix products of 1 0 and 1 1 1 1 0 1 If you multiply 1 1 on the left by all these matrices, you get the Calkin-Wilf tree. If you multiply 1 1 on the right by these matrices, you get the Stern-Brocot tree! math.colorado.edu/~kstange/pap...

A binary tree of matrices with

1 0
0 1

on top; going down and left you left multiply by

1 0
1 1

while going down and right you left multiply by

1 1
0 1

From Katherine Stange's paper "An arborist's guide to the rationals":

https://math.colorado.edu/~kstange/papers/CWSB.pdf

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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Don’t miss #ComplexityThoughts: Issue #83 This week you will find latest research on AI, biology and population dynamics. open.substack.com/pub/manlius/...

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

A 5-fold quasicrystal as the orbit of the quasiaddition x ⊣ y = τ²x − τy on a regular pentagon (τ = Φ + δ). At δ = 0 you're exactly at the golden ratio. Sweep around it and the lattice breathes. Made with #python #numpy #matplotlib and #marimo.

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

A few days ago, I had the pleasure of giving a guided tour of my exhibition The Invention of Time to Sebastià Xambó, my high school mathematics teacher, who introduced me, back then, to some great books (lk Arbib’s here). Never forget to tell your teachers how important they have been in your life.

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

We are under a full heat dome these days in the Alps, but clear night skies let the snow refreeze, and conditions on some north-facing slopes remain good.

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Tim Taylor @drtimt.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It's taken way longer than I had originally anticipated (about 18 months), but I'm super excited to say that the project to translate Nils Aall Barricelli's groundbreaking 1954 paper on computational evolution and artificial life - "Esempi Numerici di Processi di Evoluzione" - is now complete! [1/2]

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Francesca Vidotto @francesvidotto.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Sono uscite le nuove lezioni sul Corriere! 1) www.corriere.it/le-lezioni-d... 2) www.corriere.it/le-lezioni-d... 3) www.corriere.it/le-lezioni-d... #physics #philosophy #energy #entropy #information

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

😃If He does appear, the bug report is on Him. Until then it's just NumPy doing the algebra!

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Each cloud is one root of a 4th degree polynomial, smeared by Gaussian noise on the polynomial's coefficients. The cloud size at root r_k is controlled by κ_k = 1/∏_{j≠k}|r_k−r_j|, it diverges at near-collisions. Background: phase of p(z). Sound on 🔊 #MathArt #NumericalAnalysis

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Pseudozeros of polynomials. Made with #python #numpy #matplotlib in a #marimo notebook

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

p(x) = x(x − r) One root pinned at 0, one orbiting Colors: arg(p(z)) White curves: ε-pseudospectrum, |p(z)| ≤ ε·√(1+ |z|² + |z|⁴) Black cloud: roots of 100k randomly perturbed copies of p. Made with #python #numpy #matplotlib inside a #marimo notebook. #math

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

In these dark days, when a few men—who believe themselves touched by God (often sexual harassers, empathy-less fanatics, and anti-science figures)—use religion to drag millions into hatred, I can’t help but be reminded of a quote by Steven Weinberg.

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A stunning visualization born from a collaboration with @manlius.bsky.social : 55,486 galaxies and 29,555 streamlines tracing how matter flows across our local universe, built on data from the CosmicFlows-4 project. Article in the first reply 👇

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Polynomial argument on the complex plane. Made with #python #numpy #matplotlib. @marimo.io notebook on molab👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

A degree-100 polynomial p. Color each point z of the plane by arg(p(z)). The zeros are the points where the full color cycle closes on itself. Let the roots drift, and the colors flow with them. Made with #python #numpy #matplotlib in a @marimo.io notebook.

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

The complex plane colored by the argument of a polynomial. Each root drifts along a tiny orbit and the color vortices follow: every swirl is a zero. Made with #python #numpy #matplotlib in a @marimo.io notebook.

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Etienne Jacob @bleuje.com · 25/04/2026

icosphere with twisted spikes on vertices

icosphere with twisted spikes on its vertices, negative spike height to make holes

blender render of some meshes based on icosahedron or icosphere, corresponding to 3 levels of subdivisons

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Faticare in montagna è un privilegio, viva la libertà, viva il 25 Aprile. #skialp

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Elan Lhotse skis and Salomon MTB Summits boots.

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John C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

This paper claims you can define all elementary functions using just two primitive operations: the constant 1, and the binary function eml(x, y) := e^x - log(y). It's probably true but it may need work because it effectively defines i as √-1 ignoring the two choices here. arxiv.org/abs/2603.21852

arxiv.org

All elementary functions from a single binary operator

A single two-input gate suffices for all of Boolean logic in digital hardware. No comparable primitive has been known for continuous mathematics: computing elementary functions such as sin, cos, sqrt,...

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Giorgio Vallortigara @gvallortigara.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Oggi su Specchio de La Stampa

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Fabio De Bunker @fabiodebunker.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Sembra un filmato generato con AI, invece è una breve clip che ho potuto realizzare grazie alle immagini reali ad alta risoluzione pubblicate dalla NASA. Sono foto vere, scattate da un essere umano con una Nikon tra le mani a oltre 400.000 km di distanza dal nostro pianeta. C'è solo da godere.

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Enjoying the descent. Made with #pyt.... Made with a little bit of effort.

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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I have found this gem in the web, and I couldn't agree more. Maybe, the only change I'd consider is Bees → BeeRs but 🐝 are way more important for the 🌍

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