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I'm a postdoc working in inverse problems and numerical optimization.

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116 What are some examples of a mathematical result being counterintuitive? May 4 '12
102 Motivation for Ramanujan's mysterious $\pi$ formula Dec 13 '10
84 Intuitively, what is the difference between Eigendecomposition and Singular Value Decomposition? Mar 4 '13
52 Explain “homotopy” to me Feb 10 '16
46 Category of all categories vs. Set of all sets Nov 11 '10
40 Meaning of Exponential map Oct 31 '14
35 Does local convexity imply global convexity? May 16 '12
29 Adjoint functors as “conceptual inverses” Feb 4 '11
26 Is Standard Deviation the same as Entropy? Jan 25 '14
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