Showing posts with label Mathematics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mathematics. Show all posts

Sunday, 13 January 2008

The Mathematics of the new Economy...


... or as we say in Greece, "To afentiko trellathike". Or maybe not?
I just booked a return flight from London to Berlin for 25 Euros. And this is in less than a month in advance, during the Berlinale period when the prices are supposed to launch at new heights. The reason behind these ridiculous prices is a mathematical model called "Price Discrimination". And then some people say that Mathematics isn't behind everything... they are just jealous of us...