Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Every one is special

What makes every number special.

http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/numbers.html

Interesting quotes

Some hilarious and some arrogant quotes about mathematics that amused me from a website I happened to browse while on http://www.pmog.com/

Currently doing an exam at the moment, will discuss thesis more later.

Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)
Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you that mine are greater.

Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice (1902-1984)
Mathematics is the tool specially suited for dealing with abstract concepts of any kind and there is no limit to its power in this field.
In P. J. Davis and R. Hersh The Mathematical Experience, Boston: Birkh�user, 1981.

Egrafov, M.
If you ask mathematicians what they do, you always get the same answer. They think. They think about difficult and unusual problems. They do not think about ordinary problems: they just write down the answers.
Mathematics Magazine, v. 65 no. 5, December 1992.


Thursday, June 12, 2008

FINISHED! Sorta.


Thesis is mostly done, have to write up a couple more areas, and explain a couple more things in detail, especially in the area of moments and financial times series.

Still not too sure as to how I'm going to explain what a moment is, and why it's useful. :3

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Stupid Carbon Credits..

Absolutely hilarious. Those silly peoples and their carbon trading credit scheme. I love the loopholes they've found, and how readily these people admit to it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7436263.stm

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