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by motszi
March 7th, 2009, 11:05 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Advice needed!
Replies: 12
Views: 43233

Advice needed!

LOL there is a pigeon in your bank account sir, we need your account number to clean the monies.if you're even considering that this might be legit i've got a bridge you might be interested in buying.
by motszi
March 6th, 2009, 11:58 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Interview Stats
Replies: 8
Views: 44095

Interview Stats

QuoteOriginally posted by: KackToodlesNow that you have started work, is your job as good as you expected? I don't start for a couple more weeks. but i've been told what to learn, and it sure sounds just groovy
by motszi
March 5th, 2009, 1:48 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Interview Stats
Replies: 8
Views: 44095

Interview Stats

for me it was one. i did spend 6 months looking though. and i'm a lucky son of a bitch. but no connections.
by motszi
February 25th, 2009, 11:33 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: list of sdes
Replies: 5
Views: 42483

list of sdes

thanks for that. i was hoping for something i can get access to straight away though.
by motszi
February 25th, 2009, 10:37 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: list of sdes
Replies: 5
Views: 42483

list of sdes

Does anybody know of a website with a collection of all the SDEs which have known solutions (pathwise/strong solutions)?
by motszi
February 24th, 2009, 11:22 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: expectation via martingale
Replies: 6
Views: 43197

expectation via martingale

yeah that's a good point. I also see how even a function like starts to get messy with the integral approach, whereas using and gets us there painlessly.Well thanks for your help brucebo.
by motszi
February 24th, 2009, 9:45 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: expectation via martingale
Replies: 6
Views: 43197

expectation via martingale

Strange though that people say how much quicker it is via martingales. In this case doing the integral is slightly quicker, even though you can arrange a product of two martingales.
by motszi
February 23rd, 2009, 2:15 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: expectation via martingale
Replies: 6
Views: 43197

expectation via martingale

Yeah sorry, mine was a typo in the exponent.Right, thanks for the explanation. So the key in general is to find a known martingale form similar to your function, rather than a general method which works every time?
by motszi
February 23rd, 2009, 12:56 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: expectation via martingale
Replies: 6
Views: 43197

expectation via martingale

<t>I have a dumb question, but can't seem to find the answer. I come from a pde background and I'm new to martingales. I know how they are defined and how to check whether a process is a martingale, but how do you use it as a tool to calculate the expectation of a function? For concreteness, let's s...
by motszi
February 18th, 2009, 2:20 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: When headhunters surprise
Replies: 20
Views: 46594

When headhunters surprise

I just find their (SJ) slimy approach funny, but I've gotten bored of messing with them during their fishing calls. If I tell them to take me off their database, are they required to? I guess if I just hang up immediately they'll get the message eventually, dim though they are.
by motszi
February 18th, 2009, 2:12 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Importance of PhD graduation date for job/internship hunting
Replies: 8
Views: 46205

Importance of PhD graduation date for job/internship hunting

<t>I guess each university has it's own procedure. But it would have to be a pedantic employer to want to see the official certificate and not credit you with the qualification once you've had your viva and passed. A couple of months difference in the date shouldn't make any difference to a normal h...
by motszi
February 14th, 2009, 11:03 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Importance of PhD graduation date for job/internship hunting
Replies: 8
Views: 46205

Importance of PhD graduation date for job/internship hunting

<t>It's my understanding that the ceremony date itself is not important, but rather the date on which your degree result is published. At that point they'll usually send you a letter you can use as proof and the certificate you get later. In my case my result was published about two weeks after my v...
by motszi
September 29th, 2008, 4:12 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: poker on my CV?
Replies: 25
Views: 57327

poker on my CV?

It's just a game man.
by motszi
September 29th, 2008, 12:25 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: poker on my CV?
Replies: 25
Views: 57327

poker on my CV?

<t>So if I include it, which I think I will given the advice here, should it be under hobbies/interests? That's basically what it's been, I've just done well enough recently to pay some bills with it. I don't want to claim that it's more than it is, or that it uniquely qualifies me for any particula...
by motszi
September 28th, 2008, 7:39 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: poker on my CV?
Replies: 25
Views: 57327

poker on my CV?

<t>I've just finished my PhD in stochastic processes in a theoretical physics group and I want to get a quant job. (Are there any at the moment?!) I've been playing online poker lately and have been supporting myself for a couple of months with my winnings. Should I mention this on my CV? Maybe just...