Archive - The Palindrome

The Camel Principle: Why Adding Zero is the Most Powerful Trick in Mathematics

What it is, how it works, and why it is essential

Jan 12 • Tivadar Danka

The Single Most Undervalued Fact of Linear Algebra

Matrices are graphs

Jan 4 • Tivadar Danka

December 2025

Kids Are Tiny Scientists When It Comes to Debunking Santa

A Bayesian journey from magic to logic

Published on MomScience • Dec 24, 2025

The 10 Most Popular Posts of The Palindrome in 2025

Dec 23, 2025 • Tivadar Danka

Visualizing the Chain Rule

(because I can never remember the formula)

Dec 22, 2025 • Tivadar Danka

If You Want to Hit Your Target, Take More Shots

Dec 18, 2025 • Tivadar Danka

The Fascinating Story of the Exponential Function

Watch now | Video version

Dec 10, 2025 • Tivadar Danka

8:01

The Math Behind Your Commute

The two fundamental algorithms that power modern navigation

Dec 5, 2025 • Alberto Gonzalez and Tivadar Danka

The Story of the Mathematics of Machine Learning Book

How I accidently wrote a 700-page textbook because I couldn't stop posting on Twitter

Dec 2, 2025 • Tivadar Danka

Help Shape the Future of The Palindrome

The more paid members we have, the more math & ML we can create for you in 2026

Dec 1, 2025 • Tivadar Danka

November 2025

Derivatives in One, Two, and a Billion Variables

A deep dive into differentiation

Nov 25, 2025 • Tivadar Danka

The Art of Stupid

Why "good students" will never make great minds

Nov 20, 2025 • Tivadar Danka

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