Smithsonian Magazine

Meet Sak Tahn Waax, a Maya Math Whiz Who Lived More Than 1,000 Years Ago and Left Behind a ‘Really Elegant, Complex’ Formula

For the first time, archaeologists identified one of the culture’s famed Classic era mathematicians and astronomers ...
Scientific American

Mathematicians still don’t know the fastest way to multiply numbers

This requires an algorithm: students are taught to stack one number atop another and multiply each digit of the bottom number ...
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The Incident of a "Global Simultaneous Release"—The Significance of the Date November 5, 2003, for The Matrix Revolutions

November 5, 2003. It was Wednesday morning in Japan, Tuesday night in the United States, and Tuesday afternoon in Europe. At exactly 14:00 Coordinated Universal Time, The Matrix Revolutions began ...
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The Matrix Killed by Simultaneous HBO Max Release: 'The Matrix Resurrections' and the Experiment Known as Project Popcorn

It is honestly not fair to blame the box office failure of 'The Matrix Resurrections' (2021) solely on the film's meta content. This film was the biggest victim of 'Project Popcorn,' the most intense ...
IEEE

Monocular Simultaneous Localization and Mapping using Ground Textures

Abstract: Recent work has shown impressive localization performance using only images of ground textures taken with a downward facing monocular camera. This provides a reliable navigation method that ...
IEEE

Simultaneous Power and Data Transmission Using Combined Three Degrees of Freedom Modulation Strategy in DC–DC Converters

Abstract: Power and signal dual modulation (PSDM) modulates both power and data at the same time, making it an appropriate communication method for power electronics’ applications. While the ...