Monthly Archives: February 2009

Here’s the binomial distribution 80′s style. Each click generates a series of n independent Bernoulli trials resulting in a random variable Y which is the number of successes. The probability function of Y is: where

This painting is derived from a finite projective plane of order 3. Number of points and lines . Each line is incident with n+1=4 points, each point is incident with four lines. The projective plane corresponds to this cyclic block … Continue reading →

There are small, persistent landslides from these cliffs every few minutes. Sometimes they can’t be seen, but you can hear the hissing noise. This is the result. The beach has many blocks of stone containing fossillised shells. Lots of these … Continue reading →