The Economist explains: How countries calculate their GDP
The Economist explains: How countries calculate their GDP (via The Economist) WHEN unveiling Britain’s annual budget on March 19th George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer, crowed that the...
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Jordan Ellenberg is a rare scholar is both a math professor (at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) and a novelist. And in his fascinating new book, How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical...
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Barbara Oakley, a professor of engineering at Oakland University, explains her secret formula for learning. She speaks with Pimm Fox on “Taking Stock.” (Source: Bloomberg) Bad at Math? Here’s the...
View ArticleImportance of ROIC Part 4: The Math of Compounding
By John Huber I thought I’d circle back to discuss the topic of compounders and return on capital. I wrote a few posts about earlier this year, and there have been numerous comments and questions. In...
View ArticleFive Good Questions: Barbara Oakley – A Mind For Numbers
Barbara Oakley, PhD, PE is a professor of engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan and a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, San Diego. She is the author of A Mind for...
View ArticleRouah, The Heston Model and Its Extensions in VBA
The Heston Model The Heston Model In 2013 Fabrice Douglas Rouah published The Heston Model and its Extensions in Matlab and C#. Now, for those who feel more at home with Excel spreadsheets, comes The...
View ArticleGender Gap In Math Narrows In U.S. But Not India
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View ArticleEdward Thorp: A Mathematical Odyssey From Las Vegas to Wall Street
Edward Thorp speech A Mathematical Odyssey From Las Vegas to Wall Street UCI Talk May 3, 2012 Edward Thorp speech and presentation below: I would like to thank the UCI mathematics department for...
View ArticleCan You Solve This? Inspired By The Black Swan
Published on Feb 24, 2014 Can you figure out the rule? Did you see the exponents pattern? http://youtu.be/AVB8vRC6HIY Why do you make people look stupid? http://bit.ly/12Fmlpl How do you investigate...
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