Archive for category: Math

3D Lego Fractals

March 10, 2006 | Arts and Crafts, Math | By: Mark VandeWettering

For the Lego fans out there, check out K’s Legobrot: 3D Lego Fractals. I ran across it while looking for something completely different.   The program itself is rather unremarkable, but I still thought it was kind of cute. [tags]Lego,Fractal,Mandelbrot,PostScript[/tags]

The Kelly Criteron in Blackjack, Sports Betting and the Stock Market

January 7, 2006 | Gambling, General, Math | By: Mark VandeWettering

I’ve been reviewing some papers and math regarding the use of the Kelly Criterion in gambling, and found this link to Ed Thorp’s paper on the subject. It’s in PDF format, but looks very interesting. [tags]Gambling,Mathematics,Information Theory[/tags]