I have a bad feeling about this monday.
Irrational, I know.
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If you look at the history of math, there've been a lot of disappointments for mathematicians. They always start off with an idea of math as a clean, beautiful, elegant thing. And they seem to often wind up disappointed.
A recent column by Dan Arielly gives me a reason to discuss what I think are some of the problems with the recent emphasis on irrationality in economic theory.
It's been a while since we've done a Sunday Function, so let's get back into the swing of things with a weird one. This is Thomae's function, and using Wikipedia's conveniently typeset definition:
Felix Salmon pointed me to The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street today.
Out here in the Eastern Hemisphere, Monday is almost over, and quite a lovely day!
Hm, no local disasters. Family is fine near as I can tell.
Normal stock market volatility...
California declares fiscal emergency.
Icelandic protesters occupy the Central Bank.
India mobilizes.
Finally, proof positive I am not psychic.
Phew. Was feeling kinda whacko there for a few minutes.
I wrote too soon - a close relative in fact got very sick...
Hey, does that mean I Am Psychic?!!!
Of course, I do have a very big family, and maybe she actually started to feel ill on sunday, or was it tuesday morning... hard to tell, especially with timezones etc.