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by mattheww 17y ago
That's an extremely interesting choice of style settings. The combination of black background with small, dark gray text forces the reader to focus very hard to read it. This is one of the few times I've noticed some sort of contrast optica
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I accept the fact that not many people will read my thesis. Scientists in the field will not read it because they are not interested in all of the details of the analysis. They are only interested in the result, which will be published in a
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by mattheww 17y ago
Actually a study in Colorado showed that sitting in front does improve performance: http://www.psycho.uni-duesseldorf.de/abteilungen/ddp/Dokumen...
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by mattheww 17y ago
Incidentally, if I wanted to put my math skills to work in a casino, I would play poker. This game is one where the odds have not been stacked against me and a little math drastically alters my expected values.
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by mattheww 17y ago
In a machine like the LHC, there are two important quantities: \sqrt{s} = the collision energy which is designed to be 14 TeV and L = the luminosity which gives you an idea of how often there will be collisions. IIRC, this is designed to be
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by mattheww 17y ago
At my university, the campus security used Segways. I imagine that they were able to cover ground more easily than on foot and it was easier to stop and talk to people than if they were on bicycles (referenced by another commenter). The cam
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Especially good was Gian-Carlo Rota’s “Ten lessons I wish I had been taught” which is linked near the bottom of the post.
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Apostol's text is less a Calculus text and more an introduction to real analysis. I would not recommend it to someone seeking a refresher on practical methods.