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by brentr 18y ago
I think the point is: the more you learn, the more you realize how much you don't know. I present an example from personal experience. It's not so much that I didn't know the concept being discussed, but rather the example I will present wa
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by brentr 18y ago
This is not true. I had access to all sorts of technology growing up. It wasn't until I got to college that I realized how important it is in being able to make a computer do almost anything you wanted it to given enough time and insight in
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Interesting Video Series on 4-Dimensional Views(dimensions-math.org)
2 points by brentr 18y ago|0 comments
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Are these just coding jobs, or are you also looking for people with mathematical finance backgrounds?
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by brentr 18y ago
I previously worked as a trader for KeyBanc Capital Markets and a broker for Banc of America Investment Services. I have now reentered academia.
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by brentr 18y ago
I've thought about alternative routes, and my mind continually drifts back to one idea: let capitalists run the education systems on a local scale. The key part that I have not figured out is the motivation for enterprising individuals to s
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by brentr 18y ago
Thank you, ardit33, for your scientifically based sarcasm. It made me laugh this morning. I find it hilarious that so many people think the HLC will cause the end of mankind.
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by brentr 18y ago
I have a bachelor's degree in finance. I am currently working on a bachelor's degree in mathematics in preparation for a PhD in applied mathematics at, hopefully, either Princeton or MIT. My ultimate goal is to get a quant job. For certain
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by brentr 18y ago
I have to agree with you. While I find tech news interesting, I am also a big fan of science news. I'm not a hacker, but I hang around HN because the community seems to filter out very well all of the garbage found on Digg. I came to the HN
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by brentr 18y ago
Much of chess is based on patterns. Grandmasters spend hours a day going over line after line in various openings. The real game doesn't usually start till around move 15. Every once in a while, an opening novelty is found before move 10 th
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by brentr 18y ago
This is good advice. My grandfather had a saying, "If you have no failures, you are not doing enough."
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by brentr 18y ago
I am not competent enough to comment on the design of computer chess programs, however, as a chess player, I can state that computers perform well in very tactical positions. When the positions are more strategic, such as a closed position
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NASA announcement concerning perchlorates on Mars(sciam.com)
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This is one of the best texts on mathematics to have ever been produced. It shows exactly why Cambridge was, and remains to this day, one of the greatest places to study pure mathematics. The text also shows the brilliance of Hardy and why
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by brentr 18y ago
Quitting work in the physics lab at the University of Florida my freshman year and then switching from a physics and mathematics major to a finance major.
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by brentr 18y ago
I've experienced this effect numerous times. Sleep is a wonderful thing. One time in high school I was working on an advanced calculus problem for several hours before going to sleep. I woke up in the middle of the night to use the restroom
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by brentr 18y ago
What do you mean "the laws of physics don't need to provide answers to whether planetary systems are stable"? Since when are planetary systems outside of physics? Your sentence "All Godel's incompleteness theorems says is that there will be
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by brentr 18y ago
Check out the following entry on Wikipedia related to Godel's Incompleteness Theorem and the Theory of Everything http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_everything
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by brentr 18y ago
I don't remember where I read it, nor the exact wording, but there is a quote that is perfect for this. It went something like this, "Godel proved incompleteness. Anyone who thinks there is a theory of everything laughs in the face of Godel
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by brentr 18y ago
You have suddenly taken my argument to the absurd. Under my assumption, this mathematician is likely to continue to pursue mathematics. Why would he have worked on the Riemann hypothesis if he had no true interest in math? In addition to th
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by brentr 18y ago
I have a problem with the assumption that "publish or perish" is killing the universities. The assumption is that one has to publish a lot of material. That is not true. Gauss had an excellent quote that applies here, "few but ripe." This p
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by brentr 18y ago
I recommend open sourced textbooks. They are often of a much higher quality, they are written by people who have a true passion for the subject, and most of all they are free. Check out textbookrevolution.org.
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I was sad to see that not once did the author mention the works of Polya. Discovering new ideas in mathematics ultimately boils down to solving an existing problem in a new way or solving a completely new problem. I believe students should
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by brentr 18y ago
I think the open source textbook projects in the works might be something that could propel an idea like this forward. Personally, I find the lack of high quality videos about physics, mathematics, and computer science quite irritating. Whe
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Ask HN: What work have you done with stable distributions?
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Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku(independent.co.uk)
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I think you are missing some information necessary to solve this problem.
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The demand curve is the same as the marginal benefit curve and the supply curve is the same as the marginal cost curve. You produce at the equilibrium in this type of market since it produces the best result for both the company and society
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by brentr 18y ago
Would the person who downmodded me for my comment post a response. I would like to know your opinions of what I wrote. I was only trying to stimulate discussion. If you downmodded me because you don't like Windows, Gates, or my statement on
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by brentr 18y ago
I read things everyday about what's better: Windows or something else. The truth is each OS has its own plusses and minuses. Linux/Unix allows a sophisticated user much more power than Windows. Windows has a whole network of developers that

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