equation

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Now determining whether I can afford something has shifted from a guess every time I click “buy” to a math equation I actually know how to solve.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

“For Saudis, the ideal equation is a relatively modest increase in prices while their market share remains stable.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Their approach uses Maxwell's equation in the time domain, allowing them to account for nonlinear effects and track how signals evolve.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

On the other end of the risk equation for the president is the very real danger that comes with choosing to expand US operations in the Mideast.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

He used it to turn figures and shapes into equations and. numbers; with Cartesian coordinates every geometric object—squares, triangles, wavy lines—could be represented by an equation, a mathematical relationship.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife