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Grit and Character
Professor Jason Price Nichols College Do you give all that you have? The philosopher William James posited a gap between…
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Bayes’ Rule and the Law
Professor Leila Setayeshgar Bayesian inference is an approach in mathematical statistics where the probability of a hypothesis is updated as…
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The James Function
Professor Christopher Hammond Connecticut College We investigate the properties of the James Function, associated with Bill James’s so-called “log5 method,”…
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Financial Derivatives: The Use and Pricing of Options and Futures
Professor Edward Szado Financial derivatives are the cornerstone of risk management in financial institutions and corporate America. This discussion provides…
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Using Computational Methods to Understand Microorganism Motility
Sarah Olson, Ph.D. Worcester Polytechnic Institute Microorganisms such as the bacteria E. coli and sperm are able to swim and…
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Confessions of a Mathematical Bibliophile
Professor Bruce Burdick Roger Williams University My book on early printed mathematics in the Americas is now seven years old.…
