Graphs are everywhere. In discrete mathematics, they are structures that show the connections between points, much like a ...
That question in the headline was the challenge posed by a group of open knowledge junkies in Germany who wanted to understand how a person’s Schufa was calculated. Schufa is a credit bureau that ...
Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Matching orders is the process by which a securities exchange pairs one or more ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.
WASHINGTON — The powerful algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram to deliver content to users have increasingly been blamed for amplifying misinformation and political polarization. But a series of ...