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Maths in a minute: Branching processes
Worried about your population of bugs? A branching process can help you understand it.
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The Abel Prize 2024: Michel Talagrand
The Abel Prize 2024 has been awarded to Michel Talagrand for ground breaking contributions to probability theory and functional analysis.
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Maths in a minute: The normal distribution
It's so ubiquitous it's normal!
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What are probability distributions?
Here's an introduction and some examples.
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Maths in a minute: The gamma distribution
How long do you have to wait for more than one thing to happen?
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Maths in a minute: Probability distributions
They are incredibly useful, but what exactly are they?
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Maths in a minute: The exponential distribution
How long do you have to wait for something to happen?
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Maths in a minute: The Poisson distribution
What's the chance that something happens?
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Maths in a minute: The binomial distribution
Measuring your chance of success.
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Five tools to explain something technical
There are many ways of explaining technical ideas, and using a range of strategies can give the most intuitive understanding.
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Maths in a minute: The binomial distribution
The probability distribution that measures success and failure.
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Overbooking: How to avoid plane rage
The practice of overbooking has made uncomfortable headlines lately. But how do airlines decide how many tickets to sell for a flight? Here's the maths.