Okay, I'm about an hour in, so here is a more serious comment -- 1) great lecture and good professor. I appreciate that he uses concrete examples and also makes it clear that these are models/abstractions. 2) fortunately I do have a strong enough mathematical background to follow, but I assume that most watchers won't. IMO it would be beneficial to note at the start of the video what "prerequisites" there are. I'm from a bio background and a lot of my peers would not remember enough calculus for this. Or would have to review.
From the course syllabus ( ocw.mit.edu/8-591JF14 ), "PREREQUISITES Given the wide range of backgrounds among students in this class we will try to avoid unnecessary jargon and mathematics. However, it will be very helpful if you are comfortable with the material in Introductory Biology 7.012, Differential Equations 18.03, and Probability 18.05. In addition, each weekly problem set will have a computational problem, so prior experience with a computational package such as MATLAB®, Mathematica®, or Python is expected." Best wishes on your studies!
Okay, I'm about an hour in, so here is a more serious comment -- 1) great lecture and good professor. I appreciate that he uses concrete examples and also makes it clear that these are models/abstractions. 2) fortunately I do have a strong enough mathematical background to follow, but I assume that most watchers won't. IMO it would be beneficial to note at the start of the video what "prerequisites" there are. I'm from a bio background and a lot of my peers would not remember enough calculus for this. Or would have to review.
From the course syllabus ( ocw.mit.edu/8-591JF14 ), "PREREQUISITES
Given the wide range of backgrounds among students in this class we will try to avoid unnecessary jargon and mathematics. However, it will be very helpful if you are comfortable with the material in Introductory Biology 7.012, Differential Equations 18.03, and Probability 18.05. In addition, each weekly problem set will have a computational problem, so prior experience with a computational package such as MATLAB®, Mathematica®, or Python is expected." Best wishes on your studies!
I thought he was using linear algebra.
Great lecture! Explaining EWS through population dynamics really clarified it for me.
Great video, thanks.
Thanks sir
The professor looks like Michael Reeves
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