Hacker Papers

1. 26
   

   Accurate and Infinite Prime Prediction from Novel Quasi-Prime Analytical Methodology

   Robert E. Grant, Talal Ghannam · 2019

   Hacker News threads

   • Jul 2019Accurate and Infinite Prime Prediction from Novel Quasi-Prime Analytical
   • Aug 2019Accurate and Infinite Prime Prediction from Novel Quasi-Prime Analytical Method
   • Aug 2019Black Hat Talk About ‘Time AI’ Causes Uproar, Is Deleted by Conference
   • Nov 2019Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished
   • Jul 2024The Biggest Problem in Mathematics Is Finally a Step Closer to Being Solved

   arXiv ↗
2. 27
   

   Algebraic Databases

   Patrick Schultz et al. · 2016

   Hacker News threads

   • Jan 2025Algebraic Databases [pdf]
   • May 2016Stack Overflow: How We Do Deployment
   • Aug 2021Difficult math is about recognizing patterns
   • Jan 2025Composable SQL

   arXiv ↗
3. 28
   

   Sheaves are the canonical datastructure for sensor integration

   Michael Robinson · 2016

   Hacker News threads

   • Feb 2017Sheaves are the canonical data structure for sensor integration
   • Feb 2017Sheaf Theory: The Mathematics of Data Fusion (audio starts at 10:44) [video]
   • Mar 2017Local Topological Analysis of Complex Systems (2017) [video]
   • Dec 2022Introduction to Homotopy Type Theory

   arXiv ↗
4. 29
   

   Finding structure with randomness: Probabilistic algorithms for constructing approximate matrix decompositions

   Nathan Halko et al. · 2009

   Hacker News threads

   • Dec 2014Christmas Carol and other eigenvectors
   • Feb 2017Implementing a Principal Component Analysis In Python (2014)
   • Sep 2024Neat Randomized Algorithms: RandDiag for Rapidly Diagonalizing Normal Matrices

   arXiv ↗
5. 30
   

   A theory of regularity structures

   Martin Hairer · 2013

   Hacker News threads

   • Aug 2014Hearing Music in Noise, Martin Hairer Wins the Fields Medal
   • Sep 2020Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize
   • Jul 2026"the very foundation of modern academia has been blown to bits"

   arXiv ↗
6. 31
   

   Game-theoretic statistics and safe anytime-valid inference

   Aaditya Ramdas et al. · 2022

   Hacker News threads

   • Jun 2023Annoying A/B testing mistakes every engineer should know
   • Aug 2024Ask HN: Resources about math behind A/B testing
   • Jan 2025Lies. Damned Lies. P-value thresholds

   arXiv ↗

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