Basics
Goldman Sachs loses profit after hits from GreenSky, real estate
Second-quarter profit fell 58% to $1.22 billion, or $3.08 a share, due to steep declines in trading and investment banking and losses related to...
Fundamental Counting Principle
We will introduce the fundamental counting principle with an example. This counting principle is all about choices we might make given many possibilities.
Multiplication principle
Suppose...
A generalized Cauchy-Schwarz inequality via the Gibbs variational formula
Let be a non-empty finite set. If is a random variable taking values in , the Shannon entropy of ...
The Battlestar Galactica Theory of Math Education – Math with Bad Drawings
Last month, as I read Christopher J. Phillips’ brief and engrossing The New Math: A Political History, I found myself reciting the ominous line...
Goldman Sachs loses profit after hits from GreenSky, real estate
Second-quarter profit fell 58% to $1.22 billion, or $3.08 a share, due to steep declines in trading and investment banking and losses related to...
Fundamental Counting Principle
We will introduce the fundamental counting principle with an example. This counting principle is all about choices we might make given many possibilities.
Multiplication principle
Suppose...
A generalized Cauchy-Schwarz inequality via the Gibbs variational formula
Let be a non-empty finite set. If is a random variable taking values in , the Shannon entropy of ...
The Battlestar Galactica Theory of Math Education – Math with Bad Drawings
Last month, as I read Christopher J. Phillips’ brief and engrossing The New Math: A Political History, I found myself reciting the ominous line...
Definition of Points, Lines and Shapes in Geometry
Definition
of points, lines and shapes in geometry:Point: A point is the fundamental element of geometry. If we put the tip of a pencil on a...
202 steps – Worldviews limit perspective
Our entire universe in just 202 steps. Look at those numbers. As you scroll through them, know this, we started with the smallest meaningful...