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by Paul
January 22nd, 2024, 11:17 am
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: You are rich, privately educated and intelligent. So why do you vote Socialist?
Replies: 150
Views: 69926

Re: You are rich, privately educated and intelligent. So why do you vote Socialist?

You are rich, privately educated and intelligent. So why do you vote Socialist?

Because Tories go to Eton. You only need to satisfy the first two criteria. 
Do I have to spell it out?
I am state educated, so yes!
by Paul
January 16th, 2024, 2:40 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Basic Question: Solving the Black-Scholes PDE
Replies: 14
Views: 1155

Re: Basic Question: Solving the Black-Scholes PDE

Thank you, Kat, for that. Exactly what I wrote. But yours is so much more pretty! As I kept trying to explain, nothing to do with probability, means, or c.

Sigh.

No, ska, probability would have been overkill. The observation about odd/even is all you need.

FYI other post removed by request.
by Paul
January 16th, 2024, 8:03 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Basic Question: Solving the Black-Scholes PDE
Replies: 14
Views: 1155

Re: Basic Question: Solving the Black-Scholes PDE

Cuch, on this forum, will probably have some suggestions, but I'd go with: 1. Change variables (S, t and V) to turn BS PDE into simplest diffusion eqn 2. Use Green's function approach to write down the solution  3. Manipulate this solution so it's in terms of the normal CDF  4. Change back to the or...
by Paul
January 15th, 2024, 10:58 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Basic Question: Solving the Black-Scholes PDE
Replies: 14
Views: 1155

Re: Basic Question: Solving the Black-Scholes PDE

How did you manage to find such longwinded solutions?!

What is your maths background?
by Paul
January 11th, 2024, 9:26 am
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: Models for Covid-19
Replies: 508
Views: 112412

Re: Models for Covid-19

Which countries are currently running public enquiries about their response to Covid?
by Paul
January 8th, 2024, 6:51 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The Stupid Clock
Replies: 22
Views: 6963

Re: The Stupid Clock

The whole of modern life was in that one short scene!
by Paul
January 7th, 2024, 10:03 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The Stupid Clock
Replies: 22
Views: 6963

Re: The Stupid Clock

by Paul
January 7th, 2024, 9:03 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The Stupid Clock
Replies: 22
Views: 6963

Re: The Stupid Clock

Seen in a London coffee shop, barista making cup of tea, way out of his depth. Tries to remove a teabag from the cup, not using a spoon which would have been my first choice, but using three paper straws. In one hand. Pained expression on his face. Gets the teabag out, it drops on the counter two in...
by Paul
January 5th, 2024, 5:36 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Israel, land of milk and honey
Replies: 1107
Views: 130617

Re: Israel, land of milk and honey

Chewing gun and IDF is not an association I would make. Maybe it was a reservist from NYC.
Maybe it was a Christmas charm offensive.
The chewing gum was about 2,000 years old, very crumbly.
by Paul
January 5th, 2024, 2:20 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Israel, land of milk and honey
Replies: 1107
Views: 130617

Re: Israel, land of milk and honey

The ex mother-in-law? That would be weird!
by Paul
January 5th, 2024, 8:47 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Israel, land of milk and honey
Replies: 1107
Views: 130617

Re: Israel, land of milk and honey

Christmas, in Bethlehem. https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/12/20/the-plight-of-christians-in-bethlehem-and-jerusalem-predates-the-latest-gaza-war Christmas in the land where Jesus Christ was born has, in effect, been cancelled. I once spent Christmas in Bethlehem. My main memory...
by Paul
January 3rd, 2024, 9:04 am
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com
Replies: 569
Views: 134332

Re: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com

You know what I seriously would think was funny: a video of Maher being raped, and his rapist spending the first half telling him to stop screaming and crying because rape happens all the time to lots of people, and he should just accept it. And then the second half would have a bunch of rape jokes...
by Paul
January 3rd, 2024, 8:17 am
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com
Replies: 569
Views: 134332

Re: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com

Sigh.
Ain’t that the truth?

“I agree (often with a gloomy or pessimistic tone).”