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If AI or a quantum computer solves problems humans can't, how do we know they're right?

Quantum computers may solve problems beyond supercomputers. A new test helps confirm quantum answers for errors.
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Probability Distribution of Nonlinear Wave Surface Slope Based on Copula Function

Journal of Coastal Research, SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 103. Global Topics and New Trends in Coastal Research: Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (SUMMER 2020), pp. 839-842 (4 pages) In order to improve the ...
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The simple machine that visualised atomic orbitals

In 1931, Harvey Elliott White developed a device that traced out the shapes of electron clouds by approximating solutions to ...
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THE RELATION BETWEEN TREE SIZE COMPLEXITY AND PROBABILITY FOR BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS GENERATED BY UNIFORM RANDOM TREES

Applicable Analysis and Discrete Mathematics, Vol. 10, No. 2 (October 2016), pp. 408-446 (39 pages) An associative Boolean tree is a plane rooted tree whose internal nodes are labelled by AND or OR ...
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On the appropriate and inappropriate uses of probability distributions in climate projections and some alternatives

When do probability distribution functions (PDFs) about future climate misrepresent uncertainty? How can we recognise when such misrepresentation occurs and thus avoid it in reasoning about or ...