Abel Jansma
In a recent paper, I proposed to study complex systems through a mereological lens by applying the Möbius inversion theorem. I also covered this in a recent blogpost. Here, I will collect some of the most important applications of Möbius transformations in the sciences. I will update this table as...
Keunwoo Lee (Cog)
Another looming threat of Federal government shutdown prompts Timothy B. Lee to concur with the Yglesian view that American constitutional democracy is doomed — or, at least, in need of major structural changes: The hour-by-hour style of conventional news coverage tends to obscure the big...
Aram’s Lair of Mad Science
A classic challenge goes as follows: in the absence of precise measurements, how would you divide a cake between two diners so that both agree they got a fair share? The cake, naturally, is a metaphor: it can stand for any bundle of goods that should be divided between parties. In the case of two...