Many of us like to think that we’re fairly smart. But it can be a very humbling experience when you’re in the presence of ...

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The mathematician Daniel Litt has driven social media users to distraction with a series of simple-seeming but counterintuitive probability puzzles. In late January, Daniel Litt posed an innocent ...

Introduction: Accurately predicting the remaining mechanical equipment is of great significance for ensuring the safe operation of the equipment and improving economic efficiency. Methods: To ...

Abstract: In this article proposed an interactive approach to the lectures on the theory of probability and mathematical statistics using software and mobile technologies. The approach is presented to ...

Will a certain tritium atom decay by a certain time? According to our current science, this question concerning physical phenomena should be answered by sampling from a probability distribution, a ...

A mathematician who developed formulas to make random processes more predictable and helped to solve an iconic model of complex phenomena has won the 2024 Abel Prize, one of the field’s most coveted ...

Random processes take place all around us. It rains one day but not the next; stocks and bonds gain and lose value; traffic jams coalesce and disappear. Because they’re governed by numerous factors ...

Michel Talagrand has been awarded the 2024 Abel Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics, for “his groundbreaking contributions to probability theory and functional analysis, with ...

Tiny particles like pollen grains move constantly, pushed and pulled by environmental forces. To study this motion, physicists use a “random walk” model — a system in which every step is determined by ...