Saturday, July 24, 2010

i should have known the odds.

If i were a student now, do it all over again, i'd probably study prοbability. it's a useful subject; it would even be useful to me now, as it comes up
prοbability would be useful, if i were to leave academia. despite a good or bad economy, rich people will always seek to be richer, and hire those who can do so for them.

2 comments:

Spencer said...

Out of interest, is there any way you could elaborate on the nonlinear PDE/stochastic games link?

I'd be interested to learn more. Are there any vaguely readable introductions to this idea that you know of?

janus said...

i was actually referring to the following papers. the preprints should still be available on the arχiv.

Y. Perεs, O. Schrαmm, S. Sheffιeld, D. Wilsοn. "Tug-of-wαr and the ιnfinity Laplacιan" J. Amer. Math. Soc. 22 (2009), 167-210.

Y. Perεs & S. Sheffιeld. Tμg-of-war with noise: A game-theοretic view of the p-Laplacιan. Δuke Math. J. Vol 145, Number 1 (2008), 91-120.

i don't have in mind any readable intro's yet -- it's mostly my colleagues study this interaction, not me. the next time i see them, i'll ask.