Lectures related to Zen and Christianity

Explores the relationship between temperature and kinetic energy in thermodynamics and the Boltzmann distribution.

Covers the advanced design of concrete structures, focusing on column calculations and seismic considerations.

Explores covariant derivatives along curves and second-order optimality conditions in vector fields and manifolds.

Covers the definition and computation of Riemannian Hessians on manifolds.

Covers optimization on manifolds, smoothness, tools needed for optimization, and advanced algorithms using Hessians and Riemannian connections.

Covers advanced physics topics such as definitions, rectilinear motion, vectors, and motion in three dimensions.

Explores assembling in silico neuroscience networks, defining space, and dealing with sparse data to reconstruct brain regions.

Covers tensor analysis for arbitrary coordinate systems and introduces Christoffel symbols.