Fun (?) #AppliedMaths / #CS / #algorithm puzzle set by my child

Given a grid with obstacles and a start and finish point, is there an efficient way to determine the single obstacle, that when removed, results in the shortest path from start to finish?

(Generalisations welcome)

#math #maths #puzzle

Call for papers in #theoreticalphysics and #appliedmaths :

https://www.mdpi.com/si/160862

There are funded places available for home & international students to start in September 2023 at The Mathematics for Real-World Systems Centre for Doctoral Training (MathSys CDT) at the University of Warwick.

MathSys CDT webpage: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/mathsys/

To find out more, the MathSys CDT is participating in the online Postgrad LIVE! fair on 01 & 02 March 2023.

Log on and chat about #postgraduate study in #appliedmaths!

🔗: https://t.co/D27NsyAfVk

#MSc #PhD #academia #STEM #epidemiology

"How to differentiate parameters under the integral sign is a certain operation. It turns out that’s not taught very much in the universities; they don’t emphasize it." Richard Feynman's integral trick 👉 🔗 https://www.cantorsparadise.com/richard-feynmans-integral-trick-e7afae85e25c

#Differentiation #IntegralSign #FeynmanTrick #RichardFeynman #CantorsParadise #Calculus #Engineering #AppliedMaths #Mathematics #Analysis #IntegralCalculus #IntegralTrick #Parameters #AdvancedCalculus

#RishiSunak wants all state school pupils should study maths until they leave

To improve their chances of becoming #HedgeFund managers* like him?

*people who buy companies, sell the assets, slash staff numbers & wages then abandon those debt-laden firms

Meanwhile, here’s what real-life #Professors of #AppliedMaths do at work
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/04/potato-shaped-stones-are-better-for-skimming-say-experts