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Chris Taylor
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I'm broadly interested in very applied math. I try to apply ideas from mathematics, statistics, machine learning, formal systems and computer science to solve real-world problems. Mostly in applied finance/quantitative trading, but in other areas if the mood takes me.

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Expectation of the maximum of gaussian random variables
Dec 6, 2011
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What is the geometric interpretation of the transpose?
May 6, 2011
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Chance of meeting in a bar
Jan 27, 2012
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Can someone explain the Yoneda Lemma to an applied mathematician?
May 5, 2011
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What does 'linear' mean in Linear Algebra?
Sep 8, 2011
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Sum of First $n$ Squares Equals $\frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}{6}$
Jun 27, 2011
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Computational complexity of least square regression operation
Nov 22, 2011
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Intuitive interpretation of the Laplacian Operator
Jul 8, 2011
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What does the letter epsilon signify in mathematics?
Jul 30, 2012
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How does one compute the sign of a permutation?
Sep 19, 2011
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Recently rolled out SE Encyclopedia feature.
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Another valuable user leaves MSE. Why?
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Name of math.stackexchange.com
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Quick downvoting of ill-formatted questions by new users
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Do intro algorithm (computer science/complexity) questions belong here?
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Abusing the algebra of algebraic data types - why does this work?
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Shorthand way for assigning a single field in a record, while copying the rest of the fields?
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How to play with Control.Monad.Writer in haskell?
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Difference between print and putStrLn in Haskell
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How can I parse the IO String in Haskell?

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