A Wolfram U Daily Study Group previewing the upcoming Introduction to Finite Mathematics course begins on Monday November 6, 2023.
Join me and your fellow learners for an introduction to various topics with important real-world application to economics, business, sociology, psychology, and other sciences. A curriculum concept to emerge from Dartmouth as an alternative to calculus-based courses of study, finite mathematics has become a common course offering at universities around the world.
After reviewing a few concepts from algebra, apply them to the study of linear optimization, matrices, annuities, probability, Markov chains, and two-player games.
The Introduction to Finite Mathematics course will soon be added to the Wolfram U catalog, so get a sneak peak of the lessons as part of this live study group. Participate in live Q&A, check your understanding with in-session polls, and more.
This Study Group runs weekdays Nov 6-17, with the exception of Nov 10.
Hi Roberto, the study group for Discrete Mathematics (which is different from Finite Mathematics) began on Oct 16, and the full versions of courses will go live not too far after their study groups conclude
This is Marc, the instructor of the course for Discrete Math. The study group just finished today, the course framework will be available in a few days.
John, the last 2 Daily Study Groups offered this fall (Discrete Math and Multivariable Calculus) commenced with an unreleased course framework. With Discrete Math, the framework Beta was released on Day 8 of the course; with MVC, I believe it was released in the third (final) week. I’m awfully fond of your work and presentation, but I’d strongly prefer to do courses where the framework was ready to rock on Day 0 of the course.
Will the Finite Mathematics course framework be ready to go on November 6? TIA.
@Wolfram U: if a DSG is commencing before its course framework is ready, could you please include a disclaimer noting that in the course announcements?
One request for John: I was recently listening to a discussion about the HeartMath “global consciousness project”. My understanding is that this org has deployed a large number of computers worldwide that are performing nonstop coin-flipping. The project is noting long-running trends varying from a 50/50 distribution in the coin flips and is associating “global consciousness” events to those variations. I’m naturally skeptical, but I don’t understand the mathematics of random coin-flippers to competently appreciate (or dismiss) this project. If this course could address means of understanding/analyzing the output of these flippers – or perhaps provide pointers to lucid writeups – I’d be grateful. Thank you.
Thanks, Daniel. I can’t accept a casual/pseudoskeptical dismissal of the Heartmath work. The details of Heartmath’s random coin-flippers are well-documented; they are extremely sophisticated devices. If you examine those details and see some obvious reason they are inappropriate for the job, I (and others) would appreciate learning those details. But casually dismissing their devices with no specifics isn’t advancing anyone’s understanding.
Nor is it casual. I’ve worked with RNG’s and with RNG test suites. The idea behind most (or perhaps all) such tests is to probe for statistically significant correlations. This is especially the case for testing of iid uniform random bit streams. Ergo if their RNG’s are showing such correlations then they are not doing a good job generating random bits.
I looked at the site by the way. I was not able to find details about their bit generators, other than that they are apparently considerably scaled up in volume this past year.
Roger, I’m a fellow student, but I’ve gone through several Wolfram-U Daily Study Groups.
There’s no problem missing a session. A few hours after each session, the Wolfram-U team will e-mail everybody in the course a message containing a link to an archive video of today’s session. You can play back (and pause and replay sections) at your leisure.
If you ever have customer service questions, an e-mail to wolfram-u@wolfram.com will get you a personal response.
Yes, thanks Phil for answering this! And like Phil said, don’t worry about missing a day. The text materials and the video links can both be accessed outside of the “live” time. The live time is obviously nice for being able to ask questions immediately and easily, but the design of all the courses is such that people can learn asynchronously too.
I missed the first class. Then, I can’t receive the course completion certificate? I will follow up the first class with the recording definitely. Still waiting for it..
As I thought, the audio was uploaded to the study group page. However, I did not receive it via e-mail. Is it because I missed the first class? Does this mean that I am not eligible for the course completion certificate no matter what? I never miss a class. Today was the first day I miss a class that I sign up for.
Hi, I’m not sure why you may not have gotten an email about the recording being up; however, there is no requirement to attend the live sessions. Live sessions are obviously nice, but life happens and you can definitely catch up on the recorded versions.
@Soomi Cheong, I’m also in the class. The recording notification for Session 1 (audio + video) was sent out at 6:05PM Eastern Standard Time (US) today – about 1 hour ago. The Wolfram-U team has to do some processing to turn around the archive. Sometimes, it’s published within an hour; sometimes, it takes several hours.
If you didn’t receive the notification, you should send an e-mail to wolfram-u@wolfram.com and they will be able to help you.
If we watch all the videos and pass quizzes of the framework (the study group will have its framework, right?), we will receive the attendance certificate?
If we pass the final exam, we will receive the level 1 certificate?
These were my questions that I still have (lol).
I made a big mistake to miss the class. It was the first time for me to miss a class that I signed up for. I never miss a class under any circumstance unless I am hospitalized.
Also, thanks to Wolfram, I have been able to study what I love - Wolfram Language, Mathematica, and Math.. what Wolfram teaches to the public is very fun. It’s also mandatory for me to be qualified for Master’s programs that I will apply for.
Thus, it’s a huge deal for me.
I do hope that I can learn about the answers for my two questions above..
I appreciate it Renay! I’ll chalk this up to input from my instructors in the UIUC college of education and to my colleagues at various schools. Hooray for teachers.
