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Re:Probability and Markets by Jane Street [pdf] by whimsicalism on Friday June 16, 2023 @11:53AM (#36358749)
I enjoyed them - I think it shows how you can make a (relatively) rigorous, yet intuitive, argument that does not necessarily have all of the trappings/wall decoration of traditional proofs. The art is noticing when the story is complete vs. when it is papering over an important mathematical aspect.

I took the course in person, so it might have been more understandable in that context.

Re:Probability and Markets by Jane Street [pdf] by javidlakha on Friday June 16, 2023 @12:19PM (#36359202)
Me too - particularly when the story proof was more concise than the algebraic proof, or hinted at the deeper reason as to why something must be true. I remember them better too.