September/October 2017 – Page 2 – Contingencies Magazine

September/October 2017

Patterns and Noise—Kolmogorov Complexity, Efficiency, and Marginal Improvements

bycobrien on August 29, 2017

By Matthew Powell
William of Ockham said that preference should be given to explanations with fewer elements.

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Puzzles

Odds and Ends

bycobrien on August 29, 2017

By Stephen Meskin You may have noticed that among the positive integers, 2 is special. Fermat’s Last Theorem is an

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Nuts!

bycobrien on August 29, 2017

By Bob Rietz
Around this time last year, I wrote about my lifelong hopes that the Cubs might finally play in the World Series, and maybe even win it. This was going to be the year!

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