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Published 7 November 2007

Math Alive

http://www.math.princeton.edu/matalive/

Course Instructor
Ingrid Daubechies
218 Fine Hall, Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08540-1000

How is life different from 25 or even 10 years ago? Mathematics has profoundly changed our world, from banking & computers to listening to music. This course is designed for those who haven’t had college mathematics but would like to understand some of the mathematical concepts behind important modern applications. It will consist of largely independent 2-week units:
Cryptography
Error correction and compression
Probability and statistics
Birth, Growth, Death and Chaos
Geometry and Motion Control
Voting and Social Choice