The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

Abstract: In a wind farm, the interactions among the wind turbines through wakes can significantly reduce the power output of the wind farm. These together with the complex wind conditions make the ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

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Introduction: In unsupervised learning, data clustering is essential. However, many current algorithms have issues like early convergence, inadequate local search capabilities, and trouble processing ...

In January, 1923, Lee Strasberg went to Al Jolson’s 59th Street Theatre to see “Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich,” a nineteenth-century Russian play about sixteenth-century Russian politics, performed, in ...

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Wim Hof is an athlete and motivational speaker who has proposed that cold exposure combined with periods of hyperventilation and breath-holding can improve health and well-being. The method involves ...

The Wu-Tang Clan rapper shared a rare update on his decades-long relationship with wife Tamika Smith during a recent interview with 'Vanity Fair' John Nacion/Getty Method Man is grateful for his ...

“I’ve read a lot of false information about how the Wu-Tang Clan came together,” says original Wu-Tang member—and award-winning actor, producer, performer, and entrepreneur—Method Man (Clifford Smith) ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This Simplex '50' is an early example ...