Brain Gym, A Workout for Your Mind
July 01, 2025This article explores the concept of mental exercise, its benefits for cognitive health, and practical tips for incorporating brain workouts into daily life.
Written by Simon Jacobi Software engineer passionate about algorithms, Computer Vision, Machine learning, computational geometry and Comp Sci.
Curve Parameterization For Mere Mortals
February 09, 2015This article explains curve parameterization, covering sampling methods, differential geometry, curve length approximation, arc-length parameterization, and numerical techniques for uniform traversal, with practical C++ implementations.
The Dreyfus Affair and Probability Theory
February 05, 2015This article explores the probabilistic reasoning errors in the Dreyfus Affair, analyzed by Poincaré, Darboux, and Appell in 1904, and revisits their implications using modern mathematical language.
Path Following
February 03, 2015Exploring path following with Kochanek–Bartels splines, this post delves into tension, bias, and continuity controls, their implementation in animation systems, and Hermite interpolation for smooth trajectory and speed control.
A Brief History of Splines
February 01, 2015Splines, once used in 18th-century shipbuilding, evolved into a key concept in computer graphics, pioneered in the 1950s by Paul de Casteljau and Pierre Bézier for CAD.