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The paradox of poetry and information theory
'Paradoxes in Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics' - Gábor J. Székely (1984, PDF):
archive.org/details/parado…
Having a lot of fun with this one so far.
Alex Bilzerian
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Alex Bilzerian
@alexbilz
American. prev: {@openoceanvc, ML Lead thehive.ai, L/S Equity HF, Cornell: Physics & Creative Writing}
Massachusetts, USA
Joined April 2010
- A VC firm I had a Zoom meeting with used Otter AI to record the call, and after the meeting, it automatically emailed me the transcript, including hours of their private conversations afterward, where they discussed intimate, confidential details about their business.
- "Without understanding probability, there is almost no chance for anyone to truly understand the intricacies of the financial market, the financial products, and how to price them."
- Replying to @ldjuliusrealtorExactly what happened here; they stayed behind for quite a Partner's meeting
- Absolutely not
- 'Applied Linear Algebra' - Alistair Savage (2019, PDF): alistairsavage.ca/mat3341/notes/…
- 'Introduction to Partial Differential Equations' - Russell L. Herman (PDF): people.uncw.edu/hermanr/pde1/P…
- 'Write down what you've done' - Terence Tao: terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/…
- 'Mathematical Reasoning & Proofs' - Alistair Savage (2021, PDF): alistairsavage.ca/mat1362/notes/…
- 'An introduction to measure theory' - Terence Tao (PDF): stat.rice.edu/~dobelman/cour…
- Mathematics may be the only field left untainted by decline & mediocrity.
- 'Solving Mathematical Problems: A Personal Perspective' - Terence Tao (2006, PDF): raktimchatterjee.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl…
Replying to @alexbilzThere is also the book by Terence Tao. Maybe more advanced? And more personal? But enlightening. - 'Theory of Games and Economic Behavior' - John Von Neumann & Oskar Morgenstern (1944, PDF): archive.org/details/in.ern…
