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A compilation of 100 examples of biological tilings shows how repeated natural motifs enhance strength, flexibility and other key functions.

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Ramanujan's pi-computing machinery exactly mirrors the necessary structure in modern physical theories (LCFTs).

An elegant new equation identifies the surprisingly orderly, mathematical way in which things break, shatter, and fall apart.

Abstract: Ordinal pattern analysis has a wide spectrum of applications which a novice to the field can hardly keep track of. The applications range from entropy concepts to estimators of the Hurst ...