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A Baltimore Raven O-lineman Just Published an Insanely Complex Study in a Math Journal
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:21 pm
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:21 pm
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John Urschel, an offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens, recently co-authored a paper in the Journal of Computational Mathematics. It is titled "A Cascadic Multigrid Algorithm for Computing the Fiedler Vector of Graph Laplacians" and apparently includes "a cascadic multigrid algorithm for fast computation of the Fiedler vector of a graph Laplacian, namely, the eigenvector corresponding to the second smallest eigenvalue."
Urschel, who was drafted in 2014 to block for Joe Flacco, had a 4.0 grade point average at Penn State and has been published in several mathematical journals. He is also an accomplished chess player. For a living, he uses his body as a bulldozer. His family, he says, wonders why he would spend his time in such a way. The answer is, apparently, that he just enjoys leveling people.
"There’s a rush you get when you go out on the field, lay everything on the line and physically dominate the player across from you. This is a feeling I’m (for lack of a better word) addicted to," wrote Urschel in a post this week on the Players Tribune. Urschel said he was jealous of Chris Borland, the San Francisco 49ers linebacker who retired from football this month at the age of 24 because he was worried about head trauma. "Playing a hitting position in the NFL can’t possibly help your long-term mental health," Urschel acknowledged, before rattling off a list of reasons why his mental health might be particularly valuable, including a "bright career ahead of me in mathematics." The problem is that Urschel likes to crush his peers too much. ("I love hitting people," he confirms.) Too bad you can't hit people with pi.
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"I have a bright career ahead of me in mathematics. Beyond that, I have the means to make a good living and provide for my family, without playing football. I have no desire to try to accumulate $10 million in the bank; I already have more money in my bank account than I know what to do with. I drive a used hatchback Nissan Versa and live on less than $25k a year. It's not because I'm frugal or trying to save for some big purchase, it's because the things I love the most in this world (reading math, doing research, playing chess) are very, very inexpensive."
NPR article
Bloomberg article
His paper in the Journal of Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy: Instabilities in the Sun-Jupiter-Asteroid Three Body
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Meet the Smartest Athlete in the 2014 NFL Draft - John Urschel
Dude's a math scholar and an offensive lineman in the NFL. What an interesting combination of skills.
This post was edited on 3/21/15 at 1:59 am
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:22 pm to hikingfan
frick school. I left that shite behind when I graduated.
This post was edited on 3/20/15 at 11:23 pm
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:23 pm to hikingfan
That just looks like a bunch of random big words strung together to make a sentence.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:24 pm to hikingfan
quote:Laplacians suck
A Cascadic Multigrid Algorithm for Computing the Fiedler Vector of Graph Laplacians
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:29 pm to Kafka
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Laplacians suck
RACIST
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:30 pm to forksup
I have absolutely no idea what the hell that means.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:31 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Meanwhile... Joe Flacco is enjoying his off season in a tree.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:33 pm to yurintroubl
That guy is legit smart.
WOn the genetic lottery.
WOn the genetic lottery.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:34 pm to Slinger16
refreshing to see. I bet the team actually likes this after all of the off the field issues they have had.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:42 pm to hikingfan
Really? They teach math like this to white kids on Blues Clues! Obviously only news because of race.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:45 pm to hikingfan
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Too bad you can't hit people with pi
Heyyyoooooooooo
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:48 pm to hikingfan
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The problem is that Urschel likes to crush his peers too much. ("I love hitting people," he confirms.)
I don't blame him for wanting to crush skulls after a hard day of rasslin' with Eigen vectors and Laplacian graphs and singular value decompositions...
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:57 pm to hikingfan
He has some pretty cool videos on YouTube. Pretty sure he was teaching classes while at PSU.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:00 am to ReauxlTide222
Offensive lineman ae the smartest group in the nfl
This post was edited on 3/21/15 at 12:01 am
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:02 am to hikingfan
I don't even know how to pronounce that shite
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