White noise is purely random. So random it does not look natural. Perlin noise is noise which serves as a comprise between randomness and looking natural. Watch this video by standupmaths which explains what Perlin noise is, and why it was awarded an Oscar.
Science is best when it is communicated to the general public, as it may inspire both the speaker and their audience. That is the idea behind "Įkvėpti mokslo" ("Inspired by Science"), the open lecture series run by the Energy and Technology Museum (ETM) in Vilnius together with the Vilnius City Council and Vilnius University. Science journalist and writer Goda Raibytė-Aleksa will moderate, helping the audience ask their questions.
The lectures start today (see, ETM website) and will take place on every Wednesday up to the 9th of December. Notably, among diverse group of researchers, there will be two members of our group:
Both talks are free and open to everyone, and no specific background in physical sciences or social sciences is needed. Bring your curiosity and questions! See you!
Fourteen years ago, in a post on Lotka-Volterra equations, I have briefly mentioned Verhulst's population dynamics model. But since then, I still haven't written a dedicated post about this model. As in the near future I would like to explore its stochastic modification, let us explore the deterministic version in this post.
In a recent episode of Mokslo Sriuba, one of our group members, dr. Vidas Regelskis, shared his thoughts on how large language models can help push the boundaries of mathematics and mathematical physics.
The derivations of the hypergeometric and binomial distributions follow the same general strategy. In both cases, we first identify all elementary outcomes that are equally likely, then count how many of those outcomes correspond to the event of interest, namely obtaining exactly \( k \) successes. The main difference lies in what constitutes an elementary outcome.
Physics of risk, complexity and socio-economic systems.