Over 21 days of talking with ChatGPT, an otherwise perfectly sane man became convinced that he was a real-life superhero. We analyzed the conversation. By Kashmir Hill and Dylan Freedman Kashmir Hill ...

Abstract: This paper presents an algorithm to compute the globally optimal fixture with frictionless contacts in a discrete point set on an object. The capability of a fixture to immobilize the object ...

The use of properties of a Poisson process to study the randomness of stars is traced back to a 1767 paper. The process was used and rediscovered many times, and we mention some of the early ...

Have you heard of the “7-point rule”? It’s a fashion trick that helps address those times we’ve all experienced, when you look at your outfit and think, Hmm, something is missing. You don’t know what ...

Data from observations of first year university mathematics tutorials were analyzed to elicit characteristics of teaching using a tool, the teaching triad, developed in earlier research. Analysis ...

Intel heard your screams of anguish, PC gamers. Budget graphics cards that are actually worth your money have all but disappeared this pandemic/crypto/AI-crazed decade, with modern “budget” GPUs going ...

Abstract: Matching is an important prerequisite for point clouds registration, which is to establish a reliable correspondence between two point clouds. This paper aims to improve recent theoretical ...