mathematical

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The second quarter of 2026 is ending very badly for so-called quants, those who rely on mathematical models to drive their investing decisions.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

It will help separate the mathematical wheat from the chaff.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026

He was less steeped in mathematical models than the Ph.D.s who staffed the Fed and succeeded him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Although Greenspan was regarded as something of a mathematical prodigy, his post-high school interests lay elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

Like Pythagoras, Descartes was a mathematician-philosopher; perhaps his most lasting legacy was a mathematical invention—what we now call Cartesian coordinates.

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