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Jan 14, 2026 · Fundamentals

Why Some Celebrity Gaffes Explode: An SIR Model of Social Media Virality

The article applies the epidemiological SIR model to explain how a celebrity's comment about household income sparked a massive online controversy, analyzing the high transmission rate, low recovery rate, and resulting risk factors that kept the story alive far beyond a typical news cycle.

SIR modelinformation diffusionrisk assessment
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Why Some Celebrity Gaffes Explode: An SIR Model of Social Media Virality
Model Perspective
Model Perspective
Nov 7, 2025 · Fundamentals

How Math Turns Chinese Dinner Parties into Optimization Puzzles

This article explores how combinatorics, multi‑objective optimization, game theory, Markov chains, and expected‑return models can mathematically describe seating, menu selection, bill‑splitting, optimal group size, and topic flow in traditional Chinese dinner gatherings.

Game TheoryOptimizationcombinatorics
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How Math Turns Chinese Dinner Parties into Optimization Puzzles