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Hossam Hamdy

Inflation(short story)

Inflation is a tricky beast. Seemingly out of nowhere, prices start creeping up across the board. Your dollar doesn’t stretch as far as it…

Oct 9, 2023

Inflation(short story)

Oct 9, 2023

Hossam Hamdy

St. Petersburg Paradox — The Infinite Money Game

Consider a hypothetical game where a fair coin is flipped repeatedly until it comes up heads.

Sep 20, 2023

St. Petersburg Paradox — The Infinite Money Game

Sep 20, 2023

Hossam Hamdy

Birthday Paradox: The Risk of Coincidental Alignment with Random Patterns in Financial Strategy…

Backtesting financial strategies is a critical component of quantitative trading. It involves simulating a trading strategy using…

Sep 19, 2023

Birthday Paradox: The Risk of Coincidental Alignment with Random Patterns in Financial Strategy…

Sep 19, 2023

Hossam Hamdy

Birthday Paradox: Test your randomization!

The Birthday Paradox is not just a quirky fact about probabilities, it has some very practical applications as well, one of them being a…

Sep 14, 2023

Birthday Paradox: Test your randomization!

Sep 14, 2023

Hossam Hamdy

Chi-Square: Expectation vs. Observation

introduction…

Sep 13, 2023

Chi-Square: Expectation vs. Observation

Sep 13, 2023

Hossam Hamdy

Causal Inference(1): The Essence of Causality

Have you ever wondered why certain events occur or how one action leads to another? The concept of causality has intrigued humans for…

Jul 9, 2023

Causal Inference(1): The Essence of Causality

Jul 9, 2023

Hossam Hamdy

Jensen’s Inequality (2): Unlocking Optimization and Decision-Making Power

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

Jul 8, 2023

Jensen’s Inequality (2): Unlocking Optimization and Decision-Making Power

Jul 8, 2023

Hossam Hamdy

Optimization Algorithms, Gradient Descent (1): Introduction

In this article, we will delve into the fascinating world of Gradient Descent. Imagine you’re on a mountain, and it’s completely dark. You…

Jul 8, 2023

Optimization Algorithms, Gradient Descent (1): Introduction

Jul 8, 2023

Hossam Hamdy

Bellman Equation(2): The Convergence Property of the Bellman Equation

What makes dynamic programming algorithms like the Bellman equation actually work? What mathematical property ensures that these algorithms…

Jul 5, 2023

Bellman Equation(2): The Convergence Property of the Bellman Equation

Jul 5, 2023

Hossam Hamdy

Bellman Equation (1): Understanding the Recursive Nature of the Bellman Equation in Mathematics

Have you ever wondered how we can solve complex problems by breaking them down into simpler subproblems? This idea of recursion, where a…

Jul 4, 2023

Bellman Equation (1): Understanding the Recursive Nature of the Bellman Equation in Mathematics

Jul 4, 2023

Hossam Hamdy

Hossam Hamdy

Computational Statistics Graduate, MSc Financial Engineering candidate, I love Mathematics, Ai, Datascience, Financial engineering!

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