CERN Courier

The most important tool you’ve never heard of

Commercial software can’t keep pace with experimental precision when it comes to large-scale computer-algebra calculations in ...

Emmy Noether faced sexism and Nazism – over 100 years later her contributions to ring theory still influence modern math

More than a century after publishing major papers in theoretical mathematics, German-born Emmy Noether continues to challenge ...
AASA, The School Superintendents Association

The Breakthrough Years for Executive Functioning

Ellen Galinsky is president of the research nonprofit Families and Work Institute in Palisades, N.Y., served as co-lead of the AASA Summit, and is the author of The Breakthrough Years: A New ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Why Oracle-Based Quantum Search Cannot Use Deep Loops: Physical Limits on Sequential Operations ()

Oracle-based quantum algorithms cannot use deep loops because quantum states exist only as mathematical amplitudes in Hilbert space with no physical substrate. Criticall ...
Scientific Research Publishing

The Grover Dilemma and Three Fundamental Barriers to Oracle-Based Quantum Search Algorithms ()

Those that solve artificially simplified problems where quantum advantage is meaningless. Those that provide no genuine quantum advantage when all costs are properly accounted for. This critique is ...
Investopedia

Compound Return: Definition, How It Works and Example Calculation

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more ...
Investopedia

Error Term: Definition, Example, and How to Calculate With Formula

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...