When the topic of central banks and the outlook for interest rates comes up, economists often turn to the so-called "star" ...

This study presents SynaptoGen, a differentiable extension of connectome models that links gene expression, protein-protein interaction probabilities, synaptic multiplicity, and synaptic weights, and ...

Abstract: A systematic theory is introduced for finding the four Hessians of complex-valued scalar functions with respect to a complex-valued matrix variable and the complex conjugate of this variable ...

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THIS pleasant and moderately priced little book forms an excellent introduction to the complex variable. It is written in a brisk and lucid style, and may be confidently recommended to students of ...

Have you ever found yourself staring at a tangled web of formulas in Excel, wondering if there’s a better way to make sense of it all? You’re not alone. Whether you’re managing large datasets, ...

Enterprises are bullish on agentic applications that can understand user instructions and intent to perform different tasks in digital environments. It’s the next wave in the age of generative AI, but ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. A few centuries ago, the swirling polychromatic chaos of Jupiter’s atmosphere spawned the immense vortex that we call the Great Red Spot ...

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