Jiahao Chen

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Name	Jiahao Chen
Member for	3 years
Seen	Oct 3 at 2:19
Website	theochem.mit.edu
Location	Cambridge, MA
Age	31

I'm a postdoc in computational chemistry at MIT. I have a background in chemical physics and applied mathematics. I am currently learning random matrix theory in an effort to improve simulation methods for solar energy applications and other physics and chemistry modeling efforts.

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Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics. [closed]

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apr 16 at 19:41 Benjamin Steinberg 10.7k●1●14●49

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Where does a math person go to learn quantum mechanics?

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mar 23 at 15:20 Dylan Wilson 3,926●2●14●36

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Are there other nice math books close to the style of Tristan Needham?

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feb 11 at 14:20 Alfred Inselberg 1●1

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Norms of Commutators

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feb 13 12 at 0:36 Bill Johnson 14.4k●1●33●60

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Is there an underlying explanation for the magical powers of the Schwarzian derivative?

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dec 9 at 20:34 Peter Michor 5,522●11●18

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What’s a nice argument that shows the volume of the unit n-ball in R^n approaches 0?

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jun 23 10 at 12:48 Roland Bacher 6,896●10●37

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Dimension Leaps

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aug 29 11 at 17:52 Simon Lyons 888●6●15

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f(f(x))=exp(x)-1 and other functions “just in the middle” between linear and exponential.

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apr 17 11 at 19:27 Gil Kalai 10.7k●6●80●144

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Why do functions in complex analysis behave so well? (as opposed to functions in real analysis)

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Is there a systematic method for differentiating under the integral sign?

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jan 1 11 at 8:50 Wadim Zudilin 8,674●1●24●59

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Origins of Mathematical Symbols/Names

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may 2 10 at 14:45 Pádraig Ó Conbhuí 71●3

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What is the exterior derivative intuitively?

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feb 21 at 8:53 Johannes Ebert 11.5k●33●56

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Intuition for Integral Transforms

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oct 28 09 at 11:48 David Speyer 55.2k●3●102●236

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Representing a product of matrix exponentials as the exponential of a sum

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jan 26 12 at 0:00 David Speyer 55.2k●3●102●236

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Eigenvalues of Matrix Sums

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