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Former NFL lineman John Urschel discusses the challenges and history of algorithms

Urschel involved the crowd in his explanation of linear systems. He used an example problem of finding the ages of two ...

Is time a fundamental part of reality? A quiet revolution in physics suggests not

Time feels like the most basic feature of reality. Seconds tick, days pass and everything from planetary motion to human memory seems to unfold along a single, irreversible direction. We are born and ...
Opinion
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Python tutorial: Solving boundary value problems using finite differences

Learn how to solve boundary value problems in Python using the finite difference method! 🐍📐 This tutorial walks you step-by-step through setting up the problem, discretizing the domain, and ...
GitHub

Sums of powers via backward finite differences and Newton's formula

MSC2010: 05A19, 05A10, 11B83, 03C40. Keywords: Sums of powers, Newton's interpolation formula, Finite differences, Binomial coefficients, Faulhaber's formula ...
New York Post

Instacart caught using shady algorithm to charge different prices to individual customers — in the same stores, bombshell study reveals

Popular food delivery service Instacart has been using a shady algorithm that charges different prices to different customers on the same grocery items in the same supermarkets without telling them, ...
GitHub

Algorithm: In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm ( ) is a finite sequence of ma

There was an error while loading. Please reload this page. In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm ( ) is a finite sequence of mathematically rigorous ...
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Reducing hospital stays through treatment algorithms that make a difference

MUSC Children's Health hematologists/oncologists Dr. Michelle Hudspeth (left) and Dr. Shayla Bergmann (right) conducted a study of a new algorithm to standardize the ...