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Foundations

Short interactive companions to One Concept, One Example videos.

Watch one idea, manipulate one example, and leave with intuition. Each module takes about 5–8 minutes.

One video→One concept→One example→One takeaway
01

Statistical Toolkit

Probability, inference, uncertainty, and statistical reasoning through focused examples.

14 modules
  1. 01

    Random Variables

    One Concept · One Example

  2. 02

    Marginal and Conditional Distributions

    One Concept · One Example

  3. 03

    Gaussian Distributions

    One Concept · One Example

  4. 04

    Moments and Non-Gaussian Distributions

    One Concept · One Example

  5. 05

    Gaussian Mixture Distributions

    One Concept · One Example

  6. 06

    Bayes Theorem

    One Concept · One Example

  7. 07

    The Monte Carlo Method: Core Idea

    One Concept · One Example

  8. 08

    The Monte Carlo Method: Mathematical Definition

    One Concept · One Example

  9. 09

    Markov Chain Monte Carlo: The Metropolis Algorithm

    One Concept · One Example

  10. 10

    Markov Chain Monte Carlo: Reconstructing Distributions

    One Concept · One Example

  11. 11

    Markov Chain Monte Carlo: Parameter Estimation

    One Concept · One Example

  12. 12

    Importance Sampling for Integration

    One Concept · One Example

  13. 13

    Importance Sampling for Rare Events

    One Concept · One Example

  14. 14

    Simulated Annealing

    One Concept · One Example

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02

Machine Learning Toolkit

Core machine-learning ideas, from dimension reduction and clustering to neural networks.

18 modules
  1. 01

    Principal Component Analysis: Motivation

    One Concept · One Example

  2. 02

    Principal Component Analysis: Definition

    One Concept · One Example

  3. 03

    K-Means: A Canonical Clustering Method

    One Concept · One Example

  4. 04

    Determining the Number of Clusters

    One Concept · One Example

  5. 05

    K-Means in High Dimensions

    One Concept · One Example

  6. 06

    Fuzzy Clustering

    One Concept · One Example

  7. 07

    Logistic Regression

    One Concept · One Example

  8. 08

    K-Nearest Neighbors

    One Concept · One Example

  9. 09

    Linear Regression

    One Concept · One Example

  10. 10

    PCA and Linear Regression

    One Concept · One Example

  11. 11

    Gaussian Process Regression

    One Concept · One Example

  12. 12

    Neural Networks: Basic Architecture

    One Concept · One Example

  13. 13

    Combining Neurons into a Network

    One Concept · One Example

  14. 14

    Training a Neural Network

    One Concept · One Example

  15. 15

    The Role of Weights and Biases

    One Concept · One Example

  16. 16

    Nonlinear Activation Functions

    One Concept · One Example

  17. 17

    Transfer Learning with Limited Data

    One Concept · One Example

  18. 18

    Entropy-Constrained Learning

    One Concept · One Example

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03

Dynamical Toolkit

Stability, oscillations, feedbacks, bifurcations, chaos, numerical methods, and wave dynamics.

15 modules
  1. 01

    Ordinary Differential Equations: Introduction

    One Concept · One Example

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  2. 02

    General First-Order Linear ODEs

    One Concept · One Example

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  3. 03

    Damping, Forcing, and Equilibrium

    One Concept · One Example

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  4. 04

    From Higher-Order ODEs to First-Order Systems

    One Concept · One Example

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  5. 05

    Simple Nonlinear ODEs

    One Concept · One Example

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  6. 06

    Saddle-Node Bifurcation

    One Concept · One Example

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  7. 07

    Transcritical and Pitchfork Bifurcations

    One Concept · One Example

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  8. 08

    Chaotic Systems

    One Concept · One Example

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  9. 09

    The Lorenz 63 Model

    One Concept · One Example

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  10. 10

    Forward Euler Method

    One Concept · One Example

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  11. 11

    Instability in Stiff Systems

    One Concept · One Example

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  12. 12

    Higher-Order Numerical Methods

    One Concept · One Example

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  13. 13

    Introduction to Partial Differential Equations

    One Concept · One Example

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  14. 14

    Wave Mode Analysis

    One Concept · One Example

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  15. 15

    Wave Modes of the Shallow Water Equations

    One Concept · One Example

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04

Applied Analysis Toolkit

Approximation, scale, asymptotics, operators, and analytical reasoning for complex systems.

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05

Stochastic Toolkit

Random processes, stochastic differential equations, noise, memory, and uncertainty.

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