Peter Zeman
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  • Mermin-Peres magic rectangles

    Inconsistent linear equations can have solutions by matrices, even modulo odd primes.

    12 min read   ·   September 18, 2026

    2026   ·   quantum-information   linear-algebra   group-theory

  • Cumulative XOR via the shift operator on $\mathbb{F}_2^\infty$

    A closed form for the prefix bitwise XOR, proved by telescoping against the unilateral shift on the sequence space $\mathbb{F}_2^\infty$.

    3 min read   ·   May 30, 2026

    2026   ·   recreational-mathematics   number-theory   functional-analysis

  • IMO 1981/2 via generating functions

    A generating-functions proof that the average minimum of an r-subset of {1,...,n} is (n+1)/(r+1).

    2 min read   ·   May 17, 2026

    2026   ·   recreational-mathematics   combinatorics

  • SKMO 2026/1 via KKT conditions

    Solving a problem from SKMO with the Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions.

    4 min read   ·   April 05, 2026

    2026   ·   recreational-mathematics   optimization

  • Infinity of primes

    A group-theoretic proof of infinity of primes.

    1 min read   ·   February 03, 2026

    2026   ·   number-theory   group-theory

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