Issue 055: Mathematics

Welcome to the fifty-fifth issue of De Programmatica Ipsum, about Mathematics.

In this edition:

• We explore the intricate relationship between computers and mathematics.
• In the Library section, we review “Gödel ∀ (para todos)” by Martínez and Piñeiro.
• In our Vidéothèque section, we learn how to calculate inverse square roots in 1990’s hardware.

For the first time in this magazine, not only we cover a non-English book in the Library section, but this month we have used images generated by the Bing Images Creator to decorate our articles, instead of pictures from Unsplash.

The author dedicates this issue to the two high-school teachers who sparked his lifelong interest in math: Elisa Quastler in Argentina, and Gilbert Elia in Switzerland.

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Cover image by Bing Image Creator; prompt: “The Intersection of Mathematical Equations and Computers in a Painting by Vermeer.”

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