At the frontiers of theoretical physics, many of the most popular ideas have one thing in common: they begin from a mathematical framework that seeks to explain more things than our currently ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - A U.S. Army-funded researcher who developed a mathematical theory for complex systems such as networks, power grids and the human brain, has received a prestigious ...

Calculus of variations establishes a framework to determine the extrema of functionals—mappings from functions to real numbers—which has been pivotal in elucidating natural principles such as the ...

Researchers have demonstrated that self-organization of neurons as they 'learn' follows a mathematical theory called the free energy principle. The principle accurately predicted how real neural ...

Thonotosassa, FL / / August 25, 2025 / Sam Toney Key Takeaways Mathematical Foundation: Modern multiverse fiction ...

Computer scientists in California have built a mathematical theory of surprise, working from first principles of probability theory applied to a digital environment, according to this news release ...

Popular culture turned the Butterfly Effect into a story of random chance — a wingbeat that changes the world — but ...

An interesting new study by researchers at the University of Portsmouth, UK, describes the use of a mathematical method to sequence genomes based on information theory. The method offers an ...