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Recent Posts
Survivorship Bias: The Man Who Saved the RAF
This post explores how survivorship bias has roots in history and how it still plays a big role in our lives today.
The Party Trick That Breaks Your Intuition: The Birthday Paradox
This week we cover the Birthday Paradox which shows just how wrong our intuition can sometimes be.
The Pattern Hidden in Randomness - The Monte Carlo Approach to Estimation
In this post we explore the origins of the Monte Carlo approach to estimation of many complicated problems and how Monte Carlo is used today.
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We're Adam and Aidan, and this is the Common Denominator, where numbers meet narratives and logic explains life.
Our goal is to explore the unexpected and surprising connections between different branches of math and the world around us, while also keeping it as down to earth and reader friendly as possible.
We hope that this mathematical journey will help you view math in a different light, and if you learn even one new thing every week, then our mission will be a success.
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