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everyone in this thread is talking about the appreciation of maths such as analysis, discrete maths, etc. I think it was G.H hardy a pure mathematician in the early 20th century(major contributor to number theory) who wrote a book called a A mathematician's Apology. He spoke about the joys of...

i wish I could say somethin.....but this debate never ends..... its probably better to shutup and just live and enjoy life

did anyone notice the mathematics in the movie when he was complaining how complex it was?? the maths looked like it came from an engineering/physics book, wasn't financial maths at all or he just shoved 1000 equations with 3000 variables into 1 to scare the audience.....

is problem 2 d?? if you loook at 0,1 on the real number line, there both reflected at a 1/2 with 0,1 being the extreme points. hence 1/2 is the mid point of (0,1) for a ) add 1/4 to 0 and you get a 1/4. Subtract 1/4 from 1 and you get 3/4. the pair (1/4, 3/4) the mid point is 1/2. for b) add...

Not FE related?? I wonder how many quants pray for their stocks to go up(down).....

you know there's a new LTCM, not sure if you've heard about it. A quant fund dimensional funds advisors that boasts academics such as merton and scholes, fama, etc...even arnold schwarznegger has a 5% stake in the company..:) http://www.dfaus.com/dimensional/academics/

and who are the guys gonna fix this financial crisis???...... the smart guys :D

yeh getting drunk or gambling seems about the only thing to do...not a normal life is it?

yeah I agree New York is probably (is?) the closest city in the world we have to 24 hours but I think there's more work to do. where did i visit for a 24 hour quest? I went to a couple jazz and comedy clubs, i think one is on 96th st and 78th st and a few around times square. Also in SoHo...

New York is over hyped in my opinion....I came looking for a 24 hour city but everything was shut by midnight with a few pubs and clubs open...having the neon lights on all night in times square and a 24 hour subway doesnt make it a 24 hour city... tho i liked the diversity of people and all...

i've had at least 5 different recruiters contact me from linkedin in the past yr...nice medium to make a name for yourself than sending your resume to 100 recruiters who may or may not reply back to you

ahh nice, didn't expect you on here either...small world..or maybe not since this is a quant forum, lol.

hey tobias elbert, are you 1st, 2nd yr?? I'm taking eckhards math of finance course at the moment..probably the most interesting subject of the degree..tho financial econometrics is a joke

australian mfe?? i wish it was called that...its MQF (masters in quantitive finance) at uni technology sydney (my uni)..a few people enrol thinking its "finance with numbers" or "financial accounting" lolll then they see all the maths/c++ programing and start running the other direction.. loll...

has anyone tried to download s plus student edition on the site above?... i signed up using my uni email, logged in, clicked thru the links and downloaded the installer but taking forever to initialise a connection...its not my internet connection, can download gigs of data just fine.. :(

if anyone wants some free sas ebooks, heres a link SAS ebooks free download - Windows Live theres also questions and answers for the practice exam for base and advanced certifications. I'll be taking the base exam this week, hope it goes well.

has anyone seen this website?? there's a massive list of quant finance textbooks http://finmath.com/