items tagged with Mathematics
Use math to predict baseball games
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-04-05 17:00:03
The use of mathematics may not seem very interesting to the average person, but U.S. math professor, and N.Y. Mets fan, Bruce Bukiet can consistently beat sports experts when using his copyrighted “Markov Chain” method.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-04-05 17:00:03
The use of mathematics may not seem very interesting to the average person, but U.S. math professor, and N.Y. Mets fan, Bruce Bukiet can consistently beat sports experts when using his copyrighted “Markov Chain” method.
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NYU professor Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan awarded 2007 Abel Prize
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-03-24 10:33:56
According to the Abel Prize committee, Varadhan won: "for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviation".
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-03-24 10:33:56
According to the Abel Prize committee, Varadhan won: "for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviation".
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U.S. computer scientist and FORTRAN developer John W. Backus dead at 82
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-03-20 15:20:52
John Warner Backus, born December 3, 1924, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died Saturday, March 17, 2007, at his home in Ashland, Oregon. All computer users and the public in general owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Backus’ efforts that paved the way to our modern computing systems.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-03-20 15:20:52
John Warner Backus, born December 3, 1924, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died Saturday, March 17, 2007, at his home in Ashland, Oregon. All computer users and the public in general owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Backus’ efforts that paved the way to our modern computing systems.
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International team solves E8: 248-dimensional math puzzle
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-20 08:20:23
E8 is a complex structure with 248 dimensions. It took 4 years of prep work by 18 mathematicians and computer scientists and 3 full days of computer time to solve a matrix with over 205 billion parts that contained 60 times more data than the Human Genome Project.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-20 08:20:23
E8 is a complex structure with 248 dimensions. It took 4 years of prep work by 18 mathematicians and computer scientists and 3 full days of computer time to solve a matrix with over 205 billion parts that contained 60 times more data than the Human Genome Project.
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Chimps and humans part ways 4m years ago
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-02-24 12:40:01
According to a new study in the journal PLoS Genetics, humans and chimpanzees became separate species about four million years ago—much later than previous thought.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-02-24 12:40:01
According to a new study in the journal PLoS Genetics, humans and chimpanzees became separate species about four million years ago—much later than previous thought.
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