User:Miguel

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Contents 1 By way of introduction 2 Thoughts on wikipedia 3 My contributions 3.1 Probability and statistics 3.2 (Mathematical) physics 3.3 Other Mathematics 3.4 History of science 3.5 Spain 3.6 (Then) current events 3.7 Miscellaneous

[edit] By way of introduction

I am a Spanish mathematical physicist based in England, where I work in finance. I obtained my Ph.D. from the University of California at Riverside on 2004 December 11.

My wikipediholic score was 61 as of 22:10, 2004 Feb 25 (UTC)

[edit] Thoughts on wikipedia

Wikipedia is successful because everyone loves to read themselves write.

Contributing to any article of political significance is a sure source of wikistress. I have seen myself gradually drifting away from political/religious/cultural articles, then away from current affairs, and then even away from theoretical physics articles. When even an inocuous topic such as Normal distribution can lead to acrimonious discussions on talk pages, I am just about ready to give up on Wikipedia.

After the March 11, 2004 Madrid attacks I realized staying away from controversy and self-righteous ignorants just wansn't going to work, but that one must pick one's battles wisely.

[edit] My contributions

All my contributions up to 2005 April 15 are licensed under whatever the default licence for wikipedia was.

All my contributions after 2005 April 15 and until further notice are multi-licensed under the default wikipedia license and the Creative Commons licence Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0.

The following is a list of articles where I have done more than just housekeeping. I have originated or completely rewritten a number of them.

[edit] Probability and statistics

stochastic process, Brownian motion, randomness, random sequence, normal distribution, Bayes' theorem, random variable, probability distribution, multivariate normal distribution, multivariate random variable, statistics, Chapman-Kolmogorov equation, uniform distribution, exponential family, order statistic

[edit] (Mathematical) physics

fractal, loop quantum gravity, Maxwell's equations, self-organization, time dilation, functional integration, perpetual motion, Onsager reciprocal relations, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, non-equilibrium thermodynamics, free energy, work content, Helmholtz free energy, Wilson loop, Immirzi parameter, Unruh effect, quantum gravity, mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics, canonical commutation relation

[edit] Other Mathematics

bounded, monotonic, tree (graph theory), graph, multiplicative function, function, discrete mathematics, partial order, function (programming), Newton's method, recursion, parameter, group object, Stone-Weierstrass theorem, character (mathematics), star-algebra, mathematical beauty,handlebody, handle decomposition

[edit] History of science

Eudoxus of Cnidus, mathematical analysis, Kazimierz Kuratowski, Adrien-Marie Legendre, Archimedes, arithmetization of analysis, Albert Einstein

[edit] Spain

history of Spain, Spanish Civil War, Madrid, Spain, autonomous communities of Spain, Spanish Constitution of 1978, Spanish alphabet, Gara, List of political parties in Spain, Spanish Empire, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, patera, Spanish Senate, Javier Solana

[edit] (Then) current events

Jean-Marie Le Pen, Jacques Chirac, Igla, 2003 US-Canada blackout, Spanish legislative election, 2004, Camp Bucca

March 11, 2004 Madrid attacks and Aftermath of the March 11, 2004 Madrid attacks, which have been recommended as a source.

[edit] Miscellaneous

state of emergency, declaration of war, Arcadia, empathy, Dogme 95, Creationism, ethics in religion, anarchism, List of alternative, speculative and disputed theories, European Union, human, model (economics), fencing, pierolapithecus catalaunicus, type-A behavior