Native Americans had dice and games of probability long before other cultures, study finds

Dice and associated activities were first developed in the present-day Southwestern U.S. 12,000 years ago, the research ...
The Debrief

12,000-Year-Old Native American Dice Rewrite the Ancient History of Probability

Ancient dice dating back 12,000 years suggest early humans understood chance and probability long before mathematics emerged.
IEEE

Random Matrix Analysis of Secrecy Outage Probability for MISO Systems with RZF Precoding

Abstract: With its capability to obtain a good tradeoff between complexity and performance, regularized zero-forcing (RZF) has been widely investigated to enhance the physical layer security. However, ...
IEEE

Probability Model Estimation for M-Ary Random Variables

Abstract: The entropy coding system in AV1 processes syntax elements as M-ary random variables. In comparison to the binarization approach used in its predecessor VP9 that converts an M-ary random ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Predicting This Year’s Oscar Winners Using Just Math

A category-by-category look at odds on favorites, per a mathematical formula that factors in awards season data and historical trends. By Ben Zauzmer Ben Zauzmer is a contributing writer for The ...