Polymath Vault · PARKED ON PURPOSE — wakes after 2026-12-05

This is breadth, not today's fight.

The job of this surface: hold curated breadth lanes safely asleep. Every lane below is deliberately inactive until after the exam — anti-escape rules apply; nothing here counts toward today's Putnam mission or repair quota.

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Anti-escape ruleOpening a breadth source does not award XP. Complete the current Putnam week or assign a real project need first.

Parked lanes

Physics

Later breadth

MIT 8.03SC Physics III: Vibrations and Waves

Exact first action: Watch Lecture 1 only after the current Putnam week is complete.

Required output: Derive one wave equation model or write one page of transfer notes.

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Signals and information

Applied breadth

MIT RES.6-007 Signals and Systems

Exact first action: Begin with Lecture 1: Signals and Systems only.

Required output: Compute one convolution example and name the linear-algebra connection.

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Control and dynamics

Project-driven

Steve Brunton Control Bootcamp

Exact first action: Assign only when a simulation or robotics project needs state-space control.

Required output: Build one controlled simulation with a plotted error signal.

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Pure math breadth

After core analysis

MIT 18.102 Introduction to Functional Analysis

Exact first action: Open after Rudin or Abbott continuity and compactness are stable.

Required output: Write one proof using a normed-space definition.

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Markets and decision theory

Quant support

MIT 14.12 Economic Applications of Game Theory

Exact first action: Use the first strategic-form-games lecture only when the quant lane schedules it.

Required output: Model one decision as players, actions, payoffs, and equilibrium.

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Deep ML and optimization

After probability

Stanford EE364A Convex Optimization, Stephen Boyd

Exact first action: Start with Lecture 1 only after linear algebra and probability deadlines are on track.

Required output: Formulate one portfolio or regression objective with constraints.

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Founder skill

Parked until shipped work

Y Combinator Startup School

Exact first action: Do not start until one technical artifact is usable by another person.

Required output: Interview five users about a real problem before opening a second source.

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