陳捷 Jesse C. Chen

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Popular Mathematics

《塔木德》中的公平: 在東西不夠的時候，怎麼分才公平呢？只有「按照比例分」才叫做公平嗎？看看兩位二十一世紀的經濟學家是怎麼解釋千年猶太經典《塔木德》中關於「公平」意想不到的故事吧。
你能通過牛津大學的數學面試嗎？: 數學的精神不在於複雜的計算，而是在於找尋規律與邏輯的思考。牛津大學的數學口試的其中一個問題不需要任何的計算就可以回答，你可以通過嗎？
一個關於剪紙的定理: 你能把一個圖形剪貼成另一個圖形嗎？
RPN Calculator: An online Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) calculator that also converts RPN into infix notation.

Definiteness of Covariance Matrices: What do we mean when we compare covariances matrices through positive definiteness? A short intuitive interpretation.
James-Stein Estimator: A brief introduction to the James-Stein Estimator and its empirical Bayes motivation.
Generalized Method of Moments: A brief introduction to Generalized Method of Moments, aka GMM.
Fisher Information: A brief introduction to Fisher Information and some related ideas.
Sufficient Statistics: Short definition and example of sufficient statistics.
Mallow’s Cp: Motivating Mallow’s \(C_p\) criterion, one of the simplest model selection criterion.
Akaike Information Criterion (AIC): Motivating AIC, one of the most popular model selection criterion.
von Neumann’s Ergodicity Theorem: An introduction to von Neumann’s Ergodicity Theroem and its connection with convergence of Markov Chains.
Weak IV: An overview of some important concepts in weak instrument variables.
Shannon Entropy: Motivating the definition of entropy in information theroy.

vindent.nvim: A minimal, modern and highly customizable Neovim plugin that provides indentation-based navigation motions and text objects.
vim-bunttex: Minimal syntax highlighting for \(\mathrm{\LaTeX}\).
del: A minimal and safe alternative to rm.
whenever: Run a command whenever a file/directory is changed.
Makefile for Economists: A practical introduction to Makefile for economists.

Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem: A one-page summary of Arrow’s Impossibility theroem.
中文量詞: 中文裡有很多相似、但是意義卻又微妙不同的量詞，像是「雙、副、對」或「條、根、支」。台灣的母語使用者會怎麼在這幾個量詞之間選擇呢？一個簡單的問卷調查結果。
Kelighine 遊戲: 我國中莫名其妙發明的一款遊戲， 2020 年的時候想說可以把遊戲規則紀錄一下，以免變老之後就忘記了。
Punkt Uhr: Making an illustration by one of my favourite artists Anna Kövecses move!
RE100: Taiwan Market Report 2020: An RE100 report I helped create while interning at CIER.
18歲，投下你的第一票: 2019 年教育部投票手冊。排版設計者：我。
《出洋肄習錄》：在紐約所見所聞的流水帳。
《申請覺迷錄》：申請碩班、博班的心得。
Gallery: Some graphics and designs I’ve created.