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Smartphones v COVID 19

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The Secrets of Mathematics
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Smartphones will help save lives. Smartphones' value is exaggerated. What is the reality? And, as ever, what is the Maths behind it all? Leading Network Scientist Renaud Lambiotte downloads the facts in this Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture.

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How do mathematicians model infectious disease outbreaks?

Models. They are dominating our Lockdown lives. But what is a mathematical model? We hear a lot about the end result, but how is it put together? What are the assumptions? And how accurate can they be?
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Oxford Mathematics 2nd Year Student Lecture - Graph Theory: Shortest Paths

Oxford has gone online for lockdown. So how do our student lectures look? Let Marc Lackenby show you as he looks at paths between vertices in a graph with a view to finding the shortest route between any two vertices. Works for your Satnav for example.
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The Secrets of Mathematics
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Renaud Lambiotte
Keywords
mathematics
Covid-19
Department: Mathematical Institute
Date Added: 19/05/2020
Duration: 00:53:57

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