In Chen and Chiang [2] and Chen, Thompson and Hung [3], the symmetric trimmed mean has been shown, for various linear models, to have the efficiency of having ...

Universality theorems occupy a central role in analytic number theory, demonstrating that families of analytic functions—including the prototypical Riemann zeta-function—can approximate an extensive ...

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Flawed conservation laws are consequences of a much deeper principle: Noether’s theorem. Conservation laws are among the most important tools in physics. They feel as fundamental as you can get. And ...