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If you can turn those concrete values into a generalization using mathematical notation instead, like n and (n + 1), then you can simplify and solve the math so that a solution applies to all ...

Werner Heisenberg submitted a paper to Zeitschrift für Physik entitled ‘On quantum-theoretical reinterpretation of kinematic and mechanical relationships’, thus giving birth to quantum mechanics. In ...

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The Federal Circuit ruled, in a case of first impression, that the machine learning patents at issue were ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101.  In its precedential decision, the court held that claims ...