CHARLIE
It's simple. Math "fits" our world
to an uncanny degree. It gives us
a power of... prediction.
Move the step slider to watch your trader think. Pick the rule he follows and the initial conditions for the first three
days of the week. The trader looks back over the past three days in considering what to do. The big circles are states,
like the emotions of the trader. He always starts in state 1 and then follows the arrows that correspond to the market
movement (UP or DOWN) of the day under consideration.
CHARLIE
That's like looking at the universe
and seeing nothing but gasses and
dust.
Leaving the Sun and traveling at the speed of light, it would take about 4.22 years to reach Proxima Centauri, the Sun's nearest neighbor and part of the star system Alpha Centauri.
AMITA
Wow. That's a pretty large value
for "n."
CHARLIE
She had a lot of enemies.
American and British English maintain two incompatible systems for naming
large numbers.
Charlie walks through the hall, repeatedly glancing back at
David, who walks several steps behind him. Finally --
CHARLIE
This is crazy having a bodyguard.
Do you really have to lurk like
that?
DAVID
Yes. I've got a better vantage
point back here. I can see more.
If you want a statue to look as big as possible, where should you stand? If you are too close, the statue will be foreshortened.
