MIT OpenCourseWare

A free and open online publication of educational material from thousands of MIT courses, covering the entire MIT curriculum, ranging from introductory to the most advanced graduate courses. On the OCW website, each course includes a syllabus, instructional material like notes and reading lists, and learning activities like assignments and solutions. Some courses also have videos, online textbooks, and faculty insights on teaching.

Knowledge is your reward. There's no signup or enrollment, and no start or end dates. OCW is self-paced learning at its best.

Whether youโ€™re a student, a teacher, or simply a curious person that wants to learn, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) offers a wealth of insight, inspiration, videos, and a whole lot more!

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Dr. Peter Kempthorne, Dr. Vasily Strela, and Dr. Jake Xia explain the mathematical concepts and techniques used in the financial industry. The course consists of a set of mathematics lectures on topics in linear algebra, probability, statistics, stochastic processes, and numerical methods, as well as lectures illustrating the corresponding application in the financial industry. MIT mathematicians teach the mathematics while industry professionals explain applications in finance.

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โ–ท What's the right price for your concert tickets?

Economist Jon Gruber explains how to avoid the sunk-cost fallacy and get the right price when selling concert tickets.

View the full interview แ… https://youtu.be/rLmRoJQNHT8?si=hYqkW...


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โ–ท Can AI fix the economy?

Professor of economics Jon Gruber weighs the risks and the possibilities in this clip from the Chalk Radioยฎ podcast!

View the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLg9M...

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โ–ท Economist and MIT professor Jon Gruber discusses affordable healthcare, goverment regulation, and how AI will impact the economy in this episode of the Chalk Radioยฎ podcast (with VIDEO!)

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Prof. Larry Guth explains how a set X behaves under different orthogonal projections, a concept that comes up in many areas of math, including harmonic analysis, analytic number theory, additive combinatorics, and homogeneous dynamics.

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แ… Is the NFL a cartel?

Economist Jonathan Gruber explains how the NFL operates as a legal cartelโ€”selling national broadcast rights as a single entity, limiting competition, and driving up costs for viewers.

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3 months ago | [YT] | 111

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แ… Do the rich deserve their wealth?

Professor Jon Gruber breaks down why some theories focus on ensuring a basic standard of living for all, regardless of inequality, and explores how views on opportunity, luck, fairness and equity shape debates around redistribution.

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New course! ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

Master the fundamentals of discrete mathematics in this course designed for science and engineering studentsโ€”especially those interested in computer science. Explore essential topics like logic, sets, graph theory, algorithms, induction, number theory, and discrete probability, while building strong skills in mathematical reasoning and proof techniques.

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แ… "Why so many cereals?"

Professor Jon Gruber explains how companies use product differentiation - such as in the breakfast cereal industry - to maintain profitability in highly competitive markets, in this segment from lecture 14 of Principles of Microeconomics.

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