There has been an explosion of knowledge in the life sciences over the past twenty years. At the center of this explosion is the use of mathematics and statistics. These advances have expanded [...]
Encryption plays a crucial role in the day-to-day functioning of our society. For example, millions of people make purchases on the internet every day. Each time you submit your credit-card [...]
A web page’s popularity score is also called its Google PageRank. In this video we explain how the PageRank of a web page is calculated, and we discuss some of the mathematics which [...]
Imagine that a car is travelling on a straight road. The driver sees a problem on the road ahead and so brakes suddenly to stop. The stopping distance is the distance that the car travels from [...]