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Mathematics of life and death: How disease models shape national shutdowns and other…
7m read · 77 saves · Mar 25 · The coronavirus highlights the “huge responsibility” of infectious disease modelers
The Math Behind Social Distancing
13m read · 72 saves · Mar 28 · Marcus Lu · Social distancing has been the first line of defense against COVID-19. We look at the math and science behind social…
The Mathematics of Predicting the Course of the Coronavirus
2m read · Paywall possible · 57 saves · Mar 30 · Epidemiologists are using complex models to help policymakers get ahead of the Covid-19 pandemic. But the leap from equations to…
Data Scientists Must Know Probability
7m read · 38 saves · Mar 17 · Kenny Kim · Real world example of applying conditional probability and Bayes’ Theorem
Mathematics as a Team Sport
19m read · 36 saves · Apr 01 · Kevin Hartnett · When 50 mathematicians spend a week in the woods, there’s no telling what will happen. And that’s the point.
How Fast Does a Virus Spread? Let’s Do the Math
1m read · Paywall possible · 32 saves · Mar 20 · Rhett Allain · Infectious diseases grow exponentially, not linearly. The number of cases seems small—until they're not, and then it's too late.
Does Time Really Flow? New Clues Come From a Century-Old Approach to Math.
12m read · 29 saves · Apr 07 · Natalie Wolchover · The laws of physics imply that the passage of time is an illusion. To avoid this conclusion, we might have…
‘Frank Ramsey’ Review: The Most Genial Genius
Expect paywall · 25 saves · Mar 29 · Ramsey first defined probability in terms of subjective degrees of belief, laying the basis for rational-choice theory and game theory,
Extremely cool teacher runs math lesson from home within 'Half Life: Alyx'
20 saves · Mar 25 · Shannon Connellan · Now *this* is working from home.
Convolutional Neural Networks’ mathematics
16m read · 14 saves · Mar 25 · Ismail Mebsout · Deep dive into the fundamentals of CNNs.