When you admire a towering oak or a vibrant maple in your backyard, you're only seeing half the picture. Beneath the surface lies a sprawling, intricate world that is arguably more fascinating than ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the average running times and complexities of various root-finding algorithms, including the Affine Method (ARM), Sparse Root Algorithm (SRA), and Branching Tree ...

Streaming services are helping revive America’s most old-fashioned, undigital genre. Charley Crockett, a rising star in the roots-music field, performing in Nashville, Ind., in May.Credit...Kristine ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you’ve been making the same commute for a long time, you’ve probably settled on what seems like the best route. But “best” is a ...

The behaviour of general root-finding algorithms is studied in numerical analysis. How-ever, for polynomials, root-finding study belongs generally to computer algebra, sincealgebraic properties of ...

Nick Sheedy spends hundreds of hours digging through records and paper trails to discover the ancestors of guests on Finding Your Roots. “You want to have a feeling that you belong and that there’s a ...

Abstract: Article relates to the use of innovative root finding algorithm (on a complex plane) to study propagation properties of microwave and optical waveguides. Problems of this type occur not only ...