If you want to improve your aerobic capacity, play full-court basketball, not softball. To improve your analytical skills, learn to play chess or bridge, not Chutes and Ladders. If you really want to ...

Abstract: This article presents a generalization of Ludwig's (1973) third definition that introduces a /spl theta/-dependence that is absent from Ludwig's original definition. Our generalization is ...

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The gamma function is a mathematical function that generalizes the concept of factorial to real and complex numbers. While the gamma function is a powerful tool in mathematics, it does have certain ...

Senator Marsha Blackburn tried to get Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to give a definition of “woman,” as part of a diatribe against transgender rights. By Jonathan Weisman Republicans have spent hours ...

Bare plural (or BP) generic sentences like “Birds fly” and “Tigers are striped” (which we take to have the form “Gs are f”) are sentences that, by their very nature, express useful generalizations.

Every day, it seems like millennials are constantly battling against the baby boomers to convince them that they are not juvenile and immature zombies addicted to technology and social media. Every ...