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I am teaching undergraduate quantum mechanics for the first time this semester. One thing I have discovered is that it is very easy to …
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What is the equation of a straight line in the complex plane? There are many different forms, but I want to look at some of the …
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Two random variables $X$ and $Y$ can be conditionally independent given the value of a third random variable $Z$, while remaining …
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In my last post, I calculated the mean distance to the nearest point to the origin among $N$ points taken from a uniform distribution …
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Consider the uniform distribution on $[-1, 1]$, and take $N$ points from this distribution. What is the mean distance from the origin …
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Take a uniform distribution on $[-1, 1]$, so $p(x) = 1/2$. Pick a single point from this distribution. The probability that this point …
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What is Linda? Linda is the name of a CrossFit benchmark workout. The original form of the workout is 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of the …
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The CrossFit Regionals are finished and the Games athletes have been selected! Here are the visualizations for the third and final week …
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Week 3 of the CrossFit Regionals is currently underway (you can watch online here), and I am just finishing up some visualizations for …
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