Abstract: In this paper we consider the problem of sparse signal modeling by means of rational functions. Our dictionary is composed by a finite collection of elementary rational functions. In order ...

This contribution is part of the special series of Inaugural Articles by members of the National Academy of Sciences elected in 2024. Analytic combinatorics in several variables estimates coefficients ...

Good news, everyone! Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have coined a new term to describe our brains being dumb. In a recent study, they provide evidence for a distinct but common ...

It seems the AssignmentPattern syntax of this proposal overlaps with web-compat Function Call Assignment Targets (tc39/ecma262#3568), with conflicting runtime semantics. If this proposal moves forward ...

The largest remaining antebellum plantation mansion in the South has burned to the ground. Fire crews worked 18 hours late last week trying to extinguish the fire that eventually engulfed the ...

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Elk Grove Unified School District is conducting an investigation after a teacher shared a depiction of money labeled “N-word buck” as part of a history lesson. The teacher has been placed on leave, a ...

If ever there was a richer set of readings to ponder or exegete than the set from today, I have yet to see it. The third Sunday in Ordinary Time is set aside by the church as Word of God Sunday. The ...

It’s surprisingly difficult to prove one of the most basic properties of a number: whether it can be written as a fraction. A broad new method can help settle this ancient question. In June 1978, the ...

Your autonomic nervous system (ANS) is the part of your central nervous system (CNS) that controls unconscious activities like breathing and digestion. This system is always working, whether or not ...