Proof by Simulation
by Simji (審遲)

Converging to insight, one iteration at a time, being thoroughly convinced, at least for the time being...

Hello and welcome. Image Gaussian distributions, II. No. 231, 1984, India ink and pencil on paper, 31.5 x 44 cm. A. T. Fomenko, Mathematical Impressions

This site was conceived as a collation of personal curiosities and a digital commonplace resource for exploring ideas that demand rigorous and honest contemplation and a slower pace.

Its content is best understood as a modest accumulation of somewhat organised thoughts and provisional understandings by the author.

Iterative Improvement #

Articles are living documents; they are never (and can never be) truly “final”. Each entry functions as a log of thoughts, and commit dates are marked against each article.

Readership #

The primary intended reader of this site is myself. As such, I write exclusively about subjects that are of interest to me.

Principles #

I try to be guided by St Paul’s directive to the Philippians:

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise—dwell on these things…

St Paul, Phil 4.8

Language and Accessibility #

Use your browser’s translate functions to read in your preferred language.

Toggle Dark Mode via the button in the top-right corner of the page.

Acknowledgments #

This site is generated using Hugo and is inspired by the Tufte philosophy of clarity and economy. 1 Edward R. Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, 2001).

License #

All the contents of this site are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.