Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in ...

Abstract: This work proposes a task scheduling method in an optimization framework with applications on a dual-arm cooking robot in a controlled cooking environment. A mixed-integer programming (MIP) ...

"True story: 7 Hz is the resonant frequency of a chicken's skull cavity. This was determined empirically in Australia, where a new factory generating 7-Hz tones was located too close to a chicken ...

French scholars argued that the 17th-century Pascaline should go to a public collection and stay within the country. But a ...

In the third part of “On the Calculation of Volume,” Solvej Balle continues to tell the story of a woman trapped in the 18th of November.

Christie’s said on Wednesday (November 19, 2025) it was suspending the Paris auction of an example of the world’s first calculating machine, developed by French mathematician and inventor Blaise ...

Christie’s said on Wednesday it was suspending the Paris auction of one of just a handful of examples of the world’s first calculating machine, developed by French mathematician and inventor Blaise ...

Abstract: This paper explores the use of the Pascal's triangle to study the operating regions and compute the phase margins of second-order Rauch low-pass filters. Inspection of the Pascal's triangle ...