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How to write the equation of a cubic function given the graph

👉 Learn how to identify transformations of functions. Transformation of a function involves alterations to the graph of the parent function. The transformations can be dilations, translations (shifts ...
IEEE

Accelerated Reinforcement Learning With Verifiable Excitation for Cubic Convergence

Abstract: This article proposes and analyzes an accelerated reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm for discrete-time linear systems with unknown dynamics. The method achieves cubic convergence, ...
Scientific American

Gerd Faltings, mathematician who proved the Mordell conjecture, wins the Abel Prize at age 71

This year’s Abel Prize, an annual lifetime achievement award for mathematics that is bestowed by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and was modeled on the Nobel Prize, has been given to Gerd ...
Quanta Magazine

Using AI, Mathematicians Find Hidden Glitches in Fluid Equations

Nearly 200 years ago, the physicists Claude-Louis Navier and George Gabriel Stokes put the finishing touches on a set of equations that describe how fluids swirl. And for nearly 200 years, the ...
Oil

3D horizontal trajectory reduces drilling cost

Efficient drilling in shale reservoirs requires detailed 3-dimensional (3D) horizontal well trajectories. An orthogonal-arc trajectory (OAT) method assumes a single constant curvature in the curved ...
Wall Street Journal

The Fed’s ‘Gain of Function’ Monetary Policy

Journal Editorial Report: The Fed Chief signals rate cuts are coming. As we saw during the Covid pandemic, lab-created experiments can wreak havoc when they escape their confines. Once released, they ...
Time

Function Health CEO Jonathan Swerdlin Is Trying to Change the Way We Manage Our Wellbeing

When Jonathan Swerdlin tells you he pours his blood, sweat, and tears into his work, he means it more literally than most company leaders. Swerdlin is the CEO and co-founder of Function Health, a fast ...