To the article's credit, I was able to back its simplifications into a reasonable understanding of the underlying problem. I think the author does genuinely und

To the article's credit, I was able to back its simplifications into a reasonable understanding of the underlying problem. I think the author does genuinely understand the underlying mathematics of at least the problem statement, because when they don't the attempt to simplify for a high-school-level audience usually renders the results total gibberish, as we've seen many times on HN.