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The Joy of Probability
Mathematics can draw detailed inferences about random events. This lecture covers major concepts in probability, such as the law...
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The Joy of Mathematical Magic
Closing the course with a magician's flair, Professor Benjamin shows a trick for producing anyone's phone number, how...
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The Joy of Differential Calculus
Calculus is the mathematics of change, and answers questions such as: How fast is a function growing? This...
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The Joy of Proofs
Professor Benjamin begins his discussion of mathematical proofs with intuitive cases like "even plus even is even" and "odd...
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The Joy of Approximating with Calculus
Exploiting the idea of the derivative, we can approximate just about any function using simple polynomials. This...
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The Joy of Mathematical Games
This lecture applies the law of total probability and other concepts from the course to predict the long-term...
