mathematics

Grant Olney

Grant Olney is a mathematics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Grant Olney rather than just read about it. In short: Grant Olney Passmore (born October 18, 1983) is a singer-songwriter who has recorded on the Asian Man Records label. He is considered part of the New Weird America movement along with David Dondero, Devendra Banhart, Bright Eyes, and CocoRosie.

Key takeaways

Grant Olney belongs to mathematics; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Grant Olney to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Grant Olney from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Grant Olney Passmore (born October 18, 1983) is a singer-songwriter who has recorded on the Asian Man Records label. He is considered part of the New Weird America movement along with David Dondero, Devendra Banhart, Bright Eyes, and CocoRosie. His latest full-length album, Hypnosis for Happiness, was released in July 2013 on the Friendly Police UK label. His previous full-length album, Brokedown Gospel, was released on the Asian Man Records label in July 2004. He also releases music under the pseudonym Scout You Devil and as part of the songwriting duo Olney Clark. Alongside his music, Passmore is also a mathematician and theoretical computer scientist, formerly a student at the University of Texas at Austin, the Mathematical Research Institute in the Netherlands, and the University of Edinburgh, where he earned his PhD. He is a Life Member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge and is cofounder of the artificial intelligence company Imandra Inc. (formerly known as Aesthetic Integration) which produces technology for neuro-symbolic AI and the formal verification of algorithms. He was paired with artist Hito Steyerl in the 2016 Rhizome Seven on Seven. As a young child and early teenager, Passmore was involved in the development of the online Bulletin Board system scene, and under the name skaboy he was the author of many applications of importance to the Bulletin Board System community, including the Infusion Bulletin Board System, Empathy Image Editor, Avenger Packer Pro, and Impulse Tracker Tosser. Passmore was head programmer for ACiD Productions while working on many of these applications.

Personal life Passmore married Barbara Galletly in 2014. They have three children.

Discography Albums

Hypnosis for Happiness – Grant Olney – (2013 · Friendly Police UK) Olney Clark – Olney Clark – (2010 · Friendly Police UK) Let Love Be (single) – Grant Olney – (2006 · Asian Man Records) Brokedown Gospel – Grant Olney – (2004 · Asian Man Records) Sweet Wine – Grant Olney – (2003 · MyAutomation Records – Asian Man Records) Rough Sketches – Scout You Devil – (2003 · MyAutomation Records) The Always – The Record Time – (2002 · MyAutomation Records) Almost Always – The Record Time – (2001 · MyAutomation Records) Dream in Color Dream in Sound – The Record Time – (2000 · MyAutomation Records) The Complete and Total Guide – Substandard – (2000 · Good Guy Records) Suburban Dreams – Substandard – (1999 · Good Guy Records) Compilations

Underground Screams – Scout You Devil (2003 · Asian Man Records · song: "Night Crimes")

References

External links Grant Olney Passmore's Academic Homepage Grant Olney Passmore at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Grant Olney – Not From Body song premiere by Spin Magazine (2013) Grant Olney – Not From Body music video premiere by NPR's All Songs Considered (2013) Grant Olney – Who You Are for Me song premiere by Impose Magazine (2013) Grant Olney – Hypnosis for Happiness full album premiere by American Songwriter Magazine (2013) Aesthetic Integration – Official Homepage Intel's Pentium Bug Fix Is Proposed as Solution for Dark Pools by Bloomberg News (2016) Rethinking Exchange Reliability by Financial Times (2014)

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Grant Olney

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Grant Olney claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In mathematics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Grant Olney before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Grant Olney ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Grant Olney

In research: Grant Olney appears in mathematics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Grant Olney in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Grant Olney is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1983 births, 21st-century American mathematicians, 21st-century American singer-songwriters, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Grant Olney outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Grant Olney in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Grant Olney means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Grant Olney out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Grant Olney in simple terms?

Why does Grant Olney matter?

Because it connects several mathematics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Grant Olney?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Grant Olney.