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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 ...

In an era when shelves of mass-produced houseplants tempt us at big-box stores and supermarkets alike, Robert Moffitt sets an example for an alternative model to consider. Moffitt, founder of the Haus ...

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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 ...

The non-alcoholic beer segment has exploded over the past few years, with breweries across America—and across the globe—offering an ever-expanding selection of NA brews across a range of beer ...

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Scientists at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have uncovered a non-invasive method to boost the brain's natural waste drainage system-a discovery that could open new avenues for tackling ...

1 School of Mathematics and Statistics, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, China. 2 Institute of Computational Mathematics and Scientific/Engineering Computing, Chinese Academy of ...

Standard computer implementations of Dantzig's simplex method for linear programming are based upon forming the inverse of the basic matrix and updating the inverse ...