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May 15 2025HEALTH

Predicting Blood Sugar in Critical Care

Managing blood sugar levels in intensive care units is a complex task. It is not just about administering insulin. It is about anticipating how a patient will react to it. This is where the challenge lies. Each patient is unique. A treatment that works for one might not work for another. This variab

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Feb 15 2025BUSINESS

Guessing Prices: A New Way to Predict Livestock Costs

Imagine trying to guess the price of pork, beef, or mutton next week. It's a tough job, right? Traditionally, people use simple methods to track or fit price data, but these methods often fall short. They don't account for the ups and downs of prices very well, making it hard to predict future costs

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Feb 07 2025TECHNODY

Mystery of Graph Energy: Unraveling the Hidden Connections

Imagine a world where connections are everything you might think of graphs. Researchers dove into the world of graph theory to explore something called H-eigenvalues and H-energy. They looked at different types of graphs, like κ-fold graphs and strong κ-fold graphs. They also checked out

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Dec 30 2024SCIENCE

Why Are Prime Numbers So Special?

Prime numbers, often called the "atoms of arithmetic, " have fascinated mathematicians for ages. These unique numbers, only divisible by one and themselves, might seem totally random. But they actually hide intriguing patterns. Understanding their distribution could shed light on many areas of mathe

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Dec 16 2024SCIENCE

Prime Numbers: A Look at Their Distribution

Imagine you're on a treasure hunt, but instead of gold, you're searching for prime numbers. Prime numbers are like unique gems in the world of mathematics, only divisible by 1 and themselves. You might wonder, how are these special numbers scattered throughout the number line? This wasn't always cle

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Dec 07 2024SCIENCE

The Hidden Beauty of Algebraic Transversality

Imagine you're exploring the fascinating world of mathematics, specifically something called "rational maps" on something called ${\mathbb P}^1_{\mathbb C}$. Now, some clever folks like Epstein have already figured out some neat principles for these maps. But what if we could extend these principles

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Nov 29 2024SCIENCE

Solving Puzzles in Sphere World: A New Way to Understand Burns-Epstein Invariants

Imagine you're trying to solve a puzzle, but you can only see the colors on the pieces. Scientists have found a clever trick to figure out the shape of these pieces using the color pattern. This is like understanding the Burns-Epstein invariant of a spherical CR homology sphere using its holonomy re

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Nov 27 2024FINANCE

Ivancevic Model: A Wave-Based Examination of Option Pricing

Ever wondered how the price of an option can be predicted using waves? Meet the Ivancevic Option Pricing Model, a different take from the classic Black-Scholes model. This model uses complex equations, called adaptive nonlinear Schrödinger equations, to describe waves influenced by stock prices over

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Nov 15 2024EDUCATION

Modern Math's Early Days in China: Pioneers and Visitors

China's history is rich with ancient mathematical achievements, but modern math made its way to the country much later. The first university in China was established in 1895, and the first math department opened in 1913. Early in the 20th century, many Chinese students ventured to Europe, the US, an

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Nov 10 2024SCIENCE

Math in Motion: The Mysteries of Weighted Spherical Means

Imagine you're in a world where math and geometry dance together, creating intricate patterns we call weighted spherical means. These means are like invisible orbs that exist in a multidimensional space, and they're created using something called a generalized translation. What's that, you ask? Thi

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