The Alon–Boppana bound is a result in the field of graph theory and spectral graph theory. It provides a lower bound on the largest eigenvalue (also known as the spectral radius) of a regular graph. More formally, let \( G \) be a \( d \)-regular graph on \( n \) vertices.
In graph theory, a **cycle basis** of a graph is a minimal set of cycles such that any cycle in the graph can be expressed as a combination of these cycles. Specifically, for a connected graph, a cycle basis serves as a framework for the cycles of the graph. ### Key Points: 1. **Cycles**: A cycle in a graph is a path that starts and ends at the same vertex, with no other vertices repeated.
A distance-regular graph is a specific type of graph that has a high degree of regularity in the distances between pairs of vertices. Formally, a graph \( G \) is said to be distance-regular if it satisfies the following conditions: 1. **Regularity**: The graph is \( k \)-regular, meaning each vertex has exactly \( k \) neighbors.
Maude is a high-level programming language and system that is based on rewriting logic. It is designed for specifying, programming, and reasoning about systems in a formal and executable manner. Maude allows for the definition of systems in terms of algebraic specifications, and it can be used for a wide range of applications in formal methods, including model checking, theorem proving, and symbolic simulation.
Graph automorphism is a concept in graph theory that refers to a symmetry of a graph that preserves its structure. More specifically, an automorphism of a graph is a bijection (one-to-one and onto mapping) from the set of vertices of the graph to itself that preserves the adjacency relationship between vertices.
The Ihara zeta function is a mathematical object that arises in the study of finite graphs, particularly in the context of algebraic topology and number theory. It was introduced by Yoshio Ihara in the 1960s.
Mac Lane's planarity criterion, also known as the "Mac Lane's formation", is a combinatorial condition used to determine whether a graph can be embedded in the plane without any edges crossing. Specifically, the criterion states that a graph is planar if and only if it does not contain a specific type of subgraph as a "minor.
The Parry–Sullivan invariant is a concept in the field of dynamical systems and statistical mechanics, particularly related to the study of interval exchanges and translations. It is associated with the study of the dynamics of certain classes of transformations, particularly those that exhibit specific structural and statistical properties. The invariant itself is often connected to topological and measure-theoretic characteristics of systems that exhibit a certain type of symmetry or recurrence.
Sims' conjecture is a hypothesis in the field of algebraic topology and combinatorial group theory, specifically relating to the properties of certain types of groups. Named after mathematician Charles Sims, the conjecture primarily deals with the structure of finite groups and representation theory. While specific details or formulations may vary, Sims' conjecture is generally focused on establishing a relationship between the orders of groups and their representations or modules.
A strongly regular graph is a specific type of graph characterized by a regular structure that satisfies certain conditions regarding its vertices and edges. Formally, a strongly regular graph \( G \) is defined by three parameters \( (n, k, \lambda, \mu) \) where: - \( n \) is the total number of vertices in the graph.
A **vertex-transitive graph** is a type of graph in which, for any two vertices, there is some automorphism of the graph that maps one vertex to the other. In simpler terms, this means that the graph looks the same from the perspective of any vertex; all vertices have a similar structural role within the graph. ### Key Properties: 1. **Automorphism:** An automorphism is a bijection (one-to-one correspondence) from the graph to itself that preserves the edges.
As of 2022:
- www.ox.ac.uk/students/fees-funding/fees/rates gives study fees. Almost all courses are about 9k pounds / academic year. Courses take minimum 3 years, with an optional 4th year masters. The costs of masters can be higher however, though most aren't much.It is funny to note how Public Policy is comically priced at 45,890 for a course without laboratories, how can a country be so corrupt? :-) It was later brought to Ciro's attention that the reason is that those courses are not usually paid by individuals, but by their employers...Another eye popping one is Mathematical & Computational Finance MSc for £36,370.
- www.ox.ac.uk/students/fees-funding/living-costs gives living costs, an average 12k for the usual 9 month period
- there is the Crankstart scholarship: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/student-life/help-with-the-cost/crankstart-scholarships which gives 5k/year to students whose families have less than 27k/year income, and values decrease from there to 60k/year income where they become zero.It is funny to note that the scholarship was previously named after a Welsh billionaire who studied there and donated and his wife, Michael Moritz and wife Harriet Heyman. It is actually the Welsh who are creating those scholarships for the English! It is so funny to see. His background is quite amazing, from historian to journalist to venture capitalist.It was later renamed Crankstart after the Crankstart Foundation, presumably to help gather funds from others, but it is just still led by Michael.It does appear that most/all of the natural sciences ones are reasonably priced, perhaps they are subsided.
The median household income at the time was 31k[ref]. Clearly, putting one child through university with that income would be basically impossible, you would pay 19 - 5 = 14k/year, almost half of your income. Two children would be impossible. Remember how each family needs to have two children minimum to perpetuate life?
- cherwell.org/2023/10/02/27000-for-a-library-card/ £27,000 for a library card? published on the Cherwell
History of the University of Oxford by
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This book series appears to be the one: global.oup.com/academic/content/series/h/history-of-the-university-of-oxford-huo/. A mere 250 pounds+ each.
- youtu.be/uol4V1Wa8B0?t=343 at the University of Bologna, the original system was for students to decide what they would learn, and hire and fire teachers as they decided. This is opposed to the system of the university of Paris, in which teachers make the final decisions. He mentions that this is the system that the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge use: the "congregation". He mentions that Oxbridge are one of the few universities that maintained this structure (as opposed to having funding sources select the final decision makers)
- youtu.be/uol4V1Wa8B0?t=1327 mentions the quadrangle architecture which served as the basis of the Colleges: make a closed square with everything students need: Chapel, Hall to eat, classes and accommodation. This is based of course on monastic cloisters.
University of Oxford intellectual property policy by
Ciro Santilli 37 Updated 2025-07-01 +Created 1970-01-01
For students (who are paying for the university to start with...), they will not claim tutorials linked to courses. But a tutorial that shows university laboratories, it is unclear: www.ox.ac.uk/students/academic/guidance/intellectual-property (archive) This likely includes graduate students, who are also not paid by the university.
For faculty, the university owns everything it seems, to be confirmed.
Undergraduate course of the University of Oxford by
Ciro Santilli 37 Updated 2025-07-01 +Created 1970-01-01
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Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
Intro to OurBigBook
. Source. We have two killer features:
- topics: topics group articles by different users with the same title, e.g. here is the topic for the "Fundamental Theorem of Calculus" ourbigbook.com/go/topic/fundamental-theorem-of-calculusArticles of different users are sorted by upvote within each article page. This feature is a bit like:
- a Wikipedia where each user can have their own version of each article
- a Q&A website like Stack Overflow, where multiple people can give their views on a given topic, and the best ones are sorted by upvote. Except you don't need to wait for someone to ask first, and any topic goes, no matter how narrow or broad
This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.Figure 1. Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page. View it live at: ourbigbook.com/go/topic/derivativeVideo 2. OurBigBook Web topics demo. Source. - local editing: you can store all your personal knowledge base content locally in a plaintext markup format that can be edited locally and published either:This way you can be sure that even if OurBigBook.com were to go down one day (which we have no plans to do as it is quite cheap to host!), your content will still be perfectly readable as a static site.
- to OurBigBook.com to get awesome multi-user features like topics and likes
- as HTML files to a static website, which you can host yourself for free on many external providers like GitHub Pages, and remain in full control
Figure 2. You can publish local OurBigBook lightweight markup files to either OurBigBook.com or as a static website.Figure 3. Visual Studio Code extension installation.Figure 5. . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally. Video 3. Edit locally and publish demo. Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension. - Infinitely deep tables of contents:
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