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L6.5 Weak Interactions: Neutral Current 08.10.2026 4minMIT 8.701 Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics, Fall 2020Instructor: Markus Klute View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/8-701F20YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP60Do91PdN978llIsvjKW0auShort add-on on neutral currents at energies close to the Z pole.License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
6. TM Variants, Church-Turing Thesis 08.10.2026 1h 21minMIT 18.404J Theory of Computation, Fall 2020Instructor: Michael SipserView the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/18-404JF20YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP60_JNv2MmK3wkOt9syvfQWYUploaded 06-10-21Quickly reviewed last lecture. Showed that various TM variants are all equivalent to the single-tape model. Discussed the Church-Turing Thesis: Turing machines are equivalent to “algorithms” and model-independence. Introduced notation for encoding objects and describing TMs.License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Lecture 19: Revenue Equivalence 08.10.2026 1h 27minMIT 14.12 Economic Applications of Game Theory, Fall 2025 Instructor: Ian Ball View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/14-12-economic-applications-of-game-theory-fall-2025/YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63quuKvMHCt3cmTmt0O2qpvIn this session, Ian Ball explains revenue equivalence, which is a concept in auction theory that states that given certain conditions, any mechanism that results in the same outcomes, also has the same expected revenue. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
L1.1 Fermions, Bosons, and Fields: Quantum Field and Matter 08.10.2026 9minMIT 8.701 Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics, Fall 2020Instructor: Markus Klute View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/8-701F20YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP60Do91PdN978llIsvjKW0auConnecting particles and forces with quantum fields.License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Lecture 14: Folk Theorem 08.10.2026 1h 24minMIT 14.12 Economic Applications of Game Theory, Fall 2025 Instructor: Ian Ball View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/14-12-economic-applications-of-game-theory-fall-2025/YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63quuKvMHCt3cmTmt0O2qpvThe Folk Theorem states that in infinitely repeated games, any feasible and individually rational payoff can be sustained as a Nash equilibrium (or subgame perfect equilibrium), meaning cooperation, punishment, and a wide range of outcomes become possible when the future matters enough. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Supplemental Video: Sodium Acetate Demo 08.10.2026 3minMIT 3.020 Thermodynamics of Materials, Spring 2021Speaker: Akshay SinghUploaded 23-10-23View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/3-020-thermodynamics-of-materials-spring-2021/YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61g-yRbJz4ghFPJLiok1HxXThis video demonstrates crystallization in sodium acetate solutions at various temperatures.License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQDouble Violin Concerto 1st Movement (Bach)Exzel Music Publishing (freemusicpublicdomain.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/We encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
L2.5 Symmetries: CP 08.10.2026 14minMIT 8.701 Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics, Fall 2020Instructor: Markus Klute View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/8-701F20YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP60Do91PdN978llIsvjKW0auAfter discussing the topics of parity and charge conjugation, we are now investigating CP symmetry.License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Lecture 12: Finitely Repeated Games 08.10.2026 1h 23minMIT 14.12 Economic Applications of Game Theory, Fall 2025 Instructor: Ian Ball View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/14-12-economic-applications-of-game-theory-fall-2025/YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63quuKvMHCt3cmTmt0O2qpvIn this lecture, the class plays the game Prisoner's Dilemma, and then Ian Ball discusses the concept of finitely repeated games. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
L0.6 Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics: Particles 08.10.2026 16minMIT 8.701 Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics, Fall 2020Instructor: Markus Klute View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/8-701F20YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP60Do91PdN978llIsvjKW0auIntroducing fundamental and composite particles, the key player of our discussion of particle and nuclear physics. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
12. Time Complexity 08.10.2026 1h 32minMIT 18.404J Theory of Computation, Fall 2020Instructor: Michael SipserView the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/18-404JF20YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP60_JNv2MmK3wkOt9syvfQWYUploaded 06-10-21Quickly reviewed last lecture. Gave an introduction to complexity theory. Discussed limited complexity model-dependence for reasonable models. Defined TIME(t(n)) complexity classes and the class P. Showed that PATH is in P.License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Lecture 18: Auctions 08.10.2026 1h 26minMIT 14.12 Economic Applications of Game Theory, Fall 2025 Instructor: Ian Ball View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/14-12-economic-applications-of-game-theory-fall-2025/YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63quuKvMHCt3cmTmt0O2qpvIn this lecture, Ian Ball continues the discussion on auctions, which analyze strategic bidding, where participants maximize payoffs based on their valuations and anticipated actions of others. He introduces two key formats; first-price and second-price. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
L0.7 Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics: Units 07.10.2026 8minMIT 8.701 Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics, Fall 2020Instructor: Markus Klute View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/8-701F20YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP60Do91PdN978llIsvjKW0auShort description of Natural and Heaviside-Lorentz units. You can read more, for example, in Section 2.1 of 'Modern Particle Physics' by Mark Thomason.License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Lecture 1: Introduction to Individual Decision-Making 07.10.2026 1h 4minMIT 14.12 Economic Applications of Game Theory, Fall 2025 Instructor: Ian Ball View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/14-12-economic-applications-of-game-theory-fall-2025/YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63quuKvMHCt3cmTmt0O2qpvIn this first lecture of the course, Ian Ball explains the basics of game theory, which is a mathematical framework to analyze decision-making when the outcome depends on the actions of other people. In simpler terms, it's interactive decision-making. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Lecture 1 Part 1: Introduction and Motivation 07.10.2026 1h 4minMIT 18.S096 Matrix Calculus For Machine Learning And Beyond, IAP 2023Instructors: Alan Edelman, Steven G. JohnsonUploaded 23-10-23View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-s096-matrix-calculus-for-machine-learning-and-beyond-january-iap-2023/YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP62EaLLH92E_VCN4izBKK6OEDescription: What is matrix calculus, and why do we need to go beyond single- and multi-variable calculus?License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
L8.4 Neutrino Physics: Experimental Study 07.10.2026 14minMIT 8.701 Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics, Fall 2020Instructor: Markus Klute View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/8-701F20YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP60Do91PdN978llIsvjKW0auThere are numerous sources for neutrinos which allow the study of this weakly interacting particle.License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Lecture 2: Representation of Games 07.10.2026 1h 19minMIT 14.12 Economic Applications of Game Theory, Fall 2025 Instructor: Ian Ball View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/14-12-economic-applications-of-game-theory-fall-2025/YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63quuKvMHCt3cmTmt0O2qpvIn this class, Ian Ball discusses interactive decision-making where you have multiple players making decisions. He explains extensive-form games, strategy, and strategic-form games. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
L9.8 Nuclear Physics: Fusion 07.10.2026 13minMIT 8.701 Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics, Fall 2020Instructor: Markus Klute View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/8-701F20YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP60Do91PdN978llIsvjKW0auNuclear fusion, the solar cycle, and nuclear fusion reactors.License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
23. Probabilistic Computation, BPP 07.10.2026 1h 30minMIT 18.404J Theory of Computation, Fall 2020Instructor: Michael SipserView the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/18-404JF20YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP60_JNv2MmK3wkOt9syvfQWYUploaded 06-10-21Quickly reviewed last lecture. Defined probabilistic Turing machines and the class BPP. Sketched the amplification lemma. Introduced branching programs and read-once branching programs. Started the proof that EQ for ROBP is in BPP. Introduced the arithmetization method.License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Lecture 21: Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium 07.10.2026 1h 22minMIT 14.12 Economic Applications of Game Theory, Fall 2025 Instructor: Ian Ball View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/14-12-economic-applications-of-game-theory-fall-2025/YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63quuKvMHCt3cmTmt0O2qpvIan Ball begins the lecture by sharing an example of a Vickrey–Clarke–Groves (VCG) auction. He then continues by introducing dynamic Bayesian games. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
L6.3 Weak Interactions: Pion Decay 07.10.2026 10minMIT 8.701 Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics, Fall 2020Instructor: Markus Klute View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/8-701F20YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP60Do91PdN978llIsvjKW0auDiscussion of the pion decay via weak interaction.License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at https://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at https://ocw.mit.eduSupport OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQWe encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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