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Chris Taylor
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I'm broadly interested in very applied math. I try to apply ideas from mathematics, statistics, machine learning, formal systems and computer science to solve real-world problems. Mostly in applied finance/quantitative trading, but in other areas if the mood takes me.

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Abusing the algebra of algebraic data types - why does this work?
Feb 8, 2012
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Shorthand way for assigning a single field in a record, while copying the rest of the fields?
Feb 19, 2013
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How to play with Control.Monad.Writer in haskell?
Jul 27, 2012
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Difference between print and putStrLn in Haskell
Oct 10, 2013
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How can I parse the IO String in Haskell?
Jun 27, 2012
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Using MathJax with Jekyll
Jun 11, 2012
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What's the theoretical basis for existential types?
May 25, 2012
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Sets, Functors and Eq confusion
Oct 4, 2013
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What does "Pure" mean, in the context of programming languages and paradigms?
Jul 23, 2012
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Haskell printf to string
Mar 22, 2013
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How to deal with questions that ask about complete basics?
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Expectation of the maximum of gaussian random variables
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What is the geometric interpretation of the transpose?
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Chance of meeting in a bar
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Can someone explain the Yoneda Lemma to an applied mathematician?
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Has a fifteen year old from Canada discovered a hidden Mayan city?