The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Technology, no matter how advanced it is, is never perfect. With every type of smart device or gadget comes some sort of issue that users have ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

Using ChatGPT is a lot simpler than you think, and there are many ways to make it work best for you. Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest ...

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More people are turning to generative A.I. chatbots for financial advice, whether it’s for debt management, better saving strategies or stock picks. Myra Donohue said using a chatbot to help set her ...

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President Donald Trump yesterday announced what amounts to a federal takeover of law enforcement in the District of Columbia. He declared that he would deploy the National Guard and invoke an obscure ...

If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.