# Mathspp Blog

### A blog dedicated to mathematics and programming!

This blog has a really interesting assortment of articles on mathematics and programming. You can use the tags to your right to find topics that interest you, or you may want to have a look at

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##### Problem #041 – canyon crossing

It's night time and 4 friends need to cross a fragile bridge, but they only have one torch. What's the order in which they should cross?

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##### Code style matters | Pydon't

In this Pydon't I talk about Python style and I go over some tools you can use to help you remain within a consistent style.

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##### Bite-sized refactoring | Pydon't

In this Pydon't I show you why refactoring is important and show you how to do it in little steps, so that it doesn't become too overwhelming.

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##### Problem #040 – the dozen puzzle

Three friends are given three different numbers that add up to a dozen. Can you figure out everyone's numbers?

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##### Does elegance matter? | Pydon't

Does elegance matter when writing computer programs..?

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##### __name__ dunder attribute | Pydon't

This Pydon't walks you through the usages of the __name__ dunder method and how to use it effectively.

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##### Problem #039 – rope timer

You have two magical ropes that you can set on fire and you need to count 45 minutes. How do you do it?

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##### Usages of underscore | Pydon't

The purpose of this Pydon't is to show you what underscores are used for in Python, and to show you how to write more idiomatic code with them.

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##### Problem #038 – bridges of Königsberg

You are on vacation and must find the most efficient way to cross all bridges. How will you do that?

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##### The power of reduce | Pydon't

In this Pydon't we will take a look at the reduce function, which used to be a built-in function and is currently in the functools module.

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##### Buffet of self-references

This article will twist and bend your mind a little bit, as we go over some interesting self-referential concepts and objects.

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##### Boolean short-circuiting | Pydon't

In this Pydon't we explore what Boolean short-circuiting for the and and or operators is, and how to use this functionality to write more expressive code.

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##### Problem #037 - game of coins

Alice and Bob sit across each other, ready for their game of coins. Who will emerge victorious?

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##### Problem #036 - huge, tiny triangle

Can you find a really large triangle that is also really tiny?

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##### Inner workings of sequence slicing | Pydon't

In this Pydon't we conclude the slicing trilogy and take a look at the inner workings of Python slicing, from the built-in slice type to the dunder method __getitem__ and its siblings.

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##### Mastering sequence slicing | Pydon't

In this Pydon't we cover advanced topics related to sequence slicing, like (negative) steps, more idiomatic sequence slicing, slice assignment, and slice deletion.

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##### Problem #035 – unknown coin sides

This is an algorithmic puzzle where you just have to turn some coins.

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##### Neural networks fundamentals with Python – subtleties

In the fifth article of this short series we will be handling some subtleties that we overlooked in our experiment to classify handwritten digits from the MNIST dataset.

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##### Idiomatic sequence slicing | Pydon't

This article covers the basics of sequence slicing in Python and teaches you some idiomatic slicing patterns to write more elegant code.

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