User contributions for Matt Cook

14 January 2025

• 00:0600:06, 14 January 2025 diff hist +1,918 Binary number →Square root: clarified algorithm

19 November 2019

• 20:1420:14, 19 November 2019 diff hist +2,663 Good–Turing frequency estimation added a simple intuitive derivation of the formula

22 September 2017

• 16:3616:36, 22 September 2017 diff hist +184 Sorting network Undid revision 765029530 by 24691358r (talk), and improved text so future readers won't be confused in the same way.

7 March 2016

• 16:0616:06, 7 March 2016 diff hist +256 Sample mean and covariance moved general non-critical statements from "criticism" section to lead
• 15:2115:21, 7 March 2016 diff hist −32 Sample mean and covariance Undid revision 708737925 by 213.55.92.81 (talk) (insertion of gibberish)

31 January 2016

• 16:4116:41, 31 January 2016 diff hist +224 Neocortex improved readability and flow, removed/reworded many (but not all) wrong statements in anatomy section

18 December 2015

• 07:1107:11, 18 December 2015 diff hist +35 Torricelli's law noted that "envelopes" are also due to Torricelli
• 07:0507:05, 18 December 2015 diff hist +177 Talk:Torricelli's law →Wrong picture
• 07:0107:01, 18 December 2015 diff hist +788 Torricelli's law Added more detail to the picture, and more geometric facts to its caption.

10 December 2015

• 15:4715:47, 10 December 2015 diff hist +102 Talk:Torricelli's law →Wrong picture
• 15:3715:37, 10 December 2015 diff hist +694 Talk:Torricelli's law →Wrong picture: comment that in fact, most diagrams of this on the www are wrong
• 13:0113:01, 10 December 2015 diff hist +668 Talk:Torricelli's law →Wrong picture: detail regarding error and how to fix it
• 12:4812:48, 10 December 2015 diff hist +29 m Evangelista Torricelli →The Study of Projectiles: linked the term "envelope" to its WP entry (which currently discusses exactly this envelope as example 5)

8 December 2015

• 20:2520:25, 8 December 2015 diff hist −13 Evangelista Torricelli →The Study of Projectiles: removed "the same angle" from quotation (yes, it is unfortunately part of the quoted source, but in fact, Torricelli's envelope is interesting because it's for projectiles of ALL angles)
• 17:0517:05, 8 December 2015 diff hist −4 m Beltrami–Klein model →Circles, hypercycles and horocycles: grammar
• 17:0317:03, 8 December 2015 diff hist +68 Beltrami–Klein model →Properties: made definition of "pole" self-containted

21 July 2015

• 23:2423:24, 21 July 2015 diff hist +4 m Hmong Americans →Languages: Link to main article on Hmong language

29 June 2015

• 19:0419:04, 29 June 2015 diff hist +166 Circle Limit III →Symmetry: added sentence with explicit example of lack of symmetry

24 February 2015

• 10:3410:34, 24 February 2015 diff hist +17 m Node.js →History: clarified time of debut

23 December 2014

• 09:4609:46, 23 December 2014 diff hist +145 Interpretations of quantum mechanics →Challenges to interpretation: clarified introductory sentence and title
• 09:3509:35, 23 December 2014 diff hist +9 Interpretations of quantum mechanics →Nature of interpretation: corrected incorrect statements about Bohmian interpretation

9 December 2014

• 10:5110:51, 9 December 2014 diff hist −144 Curse of dimensionality →The "curse of dimensionality" as an open problem: edited paragraph to be more focused on the general idea of the curse

24 August 2014

• 09:4409:44, 24 August 2014 diff hist +4 m Quaternion →Quaternions and the geometry of R3: typo

24 June 2014

• 15:3415:34, 24 June 2014 diff hist −1,993 Mahalanobis distance removed sentence about proteins in biology (containing 7 references to biology papers, over half by one person)
• 14:1714:17, 24 June 2014 diff hist +737 Mahalanobis distance modifications for clarity and accuracy

17 June 2014

• 12:1212:12, 17 June 2014 diff hist −807 Moment (mathematics) Significantly shortened vague and repetitive lead material.

1 June 2014

• 18:5118:51, 1 June 2014 diff hist −35 Pascal (programming language) →Set types: removed "citation needed" -- clear explanation is given 2 sentences later

1 February 2014

• 10:4610:46, 1 February 2014 diff hist +327 Talk:Multiple-try Metropolis needs notability explained
• 10:2610:26, 1 February 2014 diff hist +648 Multiple-try Metropolis changed lead paragraph to actually discuss topic of article, improved section labels, added "disadvantages" section

13 January 2014

• 14:1514:15, 13 January 2014 diff hist +55 Expect Added historical date

12 January 2014

• 20:0320:03, 12 January 2014 diff hist +1 Singular value decomposition top picture caption said scaling is along rotated coordinate axes, removed "rotated"

10 January 2014

• 19:0419:04, 10 January 2014 diff hist +9 m Variance →Tests of equality of variances: changed phrasing to be unambiguous

30 December 2013

• 08:4908:49, 30 December 2013 diff hist +924 Talk:Clothes dryer →Prevalence of Dryer Types: new section
• 08:0508:05, 30 December 2013 diff hist −196 Clothes dryer →Safety: changed paragraph that sounded like advertising (with company and product names) to sound more like WP article text

18 March 2013

• 09:0209:02, 18 March 2013 diff hist −221 Robotics →Etymology: removed IRC5 from table -- looked like advertising, no clear historical significance

14 March 2013

• 22:3422:34, 14 March 2013 diff hist +1,696 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scroogle (3rd nomination) →Scroogle
• 15:3515:35, 14 March 2013 diff hist +1 m List of countries and dependencies by area →Countries and dependencies by area: adding missing brace that messed up S. Korea's table entry display

13 December 2012

• 13:5813:58, 13 December 2012 diff hist +38 m Humidity clarified sentence in introduction

29 November 2012

• 00:1400:14, 29 November 2012 diff hist +57 m Hyperbolic geometry →Models of the hyperbolic plane: added wiki links for Beltrami, Poincaré, and Klein.

27 August 2012

• 16:2816:28, 27 August 2012 diff hist +26 Aanderaa–Karp–Rosenberg conjecture →Deterministic query complexity: fixed logic of phrasing of conjecture

24 August 2012

• 17:0717:07, 24 August 2012 diff hist +92 Aanderaa–Karp–Rosenberg conjecture fixed the logic of the introductory sentence explaining the conjecture

15 August 2012

• 21:0921:09, 15 August 2012 diff hist +14 m Partition refinement →Data structure: fixed section to consistently use "element" rather than the unexplained term "state"
• 21:0221:02, 15 August 2012 diff hist +35 m Reachability fixed link to "connected components" (it was going to a disambiguation page)
• 20:5020:50, 15 August 2012 diff hist +323 Reachability →Algorithms: Improved paragraph on preprocessing algorithms.

14 August 2012

• 23:4223:42, 14 August 2012 diff hist +284 Reachability →Algorithms: clarified oracle idea, added link to an example preprocessing algorithm (is there a better one?)

15 June 2012

• 09:1709:17, 15 June 2012 diff hist +31 m I-35W Mississippi River bridge →Black ice prevention system: pile-up link, black ice link

31 May 2012

• 12:4212:42, 31 May 2012 diff hist +110 Google Calendar fixed description of time zone fix

16 April 2012

• 03:2003:20, 16 April 2012 diff hist +64 Talk:Von Neumann architecture →Article problem: edited previous comment
• 02:1702:17, 16 April 2012 diff hist +882 Talk:Von Neumann architecture →Article problem: article mistakenly focuses only on narrow interpretation of the term

11 April 2012

• 08:4808:48, 11 April 2012 diff hist −34 Sublime Text Notability banner removed, based on magazine review articles. "Primary source" banner remains.