MIT 18.S096 Topics in Mathematics with Applications in Finance, Fall 2013
View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/18-S096F13
Instructor: Peter Kempthorne, Choongbum Lee, Vasily Strela, Jake Xia

In the first lecture of this course, the instructors introduce…

Quantum field theory may be the most successful scientific theory of all time, predicting experimental results with stunning accuracy and advancing the study of higher dimensional mathematics. Yet, there’s also reason to believe that it is missing something.…

Insects are the world's smallest flying migrants, but they can maintain perfectly straight flight paths even in unfavorable wind conditions, according to a new study from the Max Planck Institute of Animal ...

SpaceX’s behemoth could upend research with its immense capacity and low costs

type of shift register in computing

Learn Algebra in this full college course. These concepts are often used in programming.

This course was created by Dr. Linda Green, a lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Check out her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ch…

a method to solve constrained optimization problems

What is time? Does the past still exist? How did the universe begin and how will it end? Do particles think? Was the universe made for us? Why doesn’t anyone ever get younger? Has physics ruled out free will? Will we ever have a theory of everything? According…

After a disappointing research experience, this scientist clarified what inspired her

Dreams are so personal, subjective and fleeting, they might seem impossible to study directly and with scientific objectivity. But in recent decades, laboratories around the world have developed sophisticated techniques for getting into the minds of people…

“a man doesn’t require things more than his basic needs.”

Jiamin Hou, Zachary (Zack) Slepian and Robert (Bob) Cahn talk about their very interesting, recent paper looking for parity violation in the large scale structure. Cutting to the chase, they find evidence for it at ~7σ. They also do various systematic tests…

Scientific Reports - Emergence of life in an inflationary universe

scientific article, published 1953

This talk was originally given to an audience of school students aged 16-17 as part of a mathematics enrichment event at the University of Cambridge. Recorded 27 June 2014.

Professor David Tong describes Einstein’s theory of relativity, and examines what…

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