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There weren’t calculators or computers in medieval Europe. But there were math duels. Mathematicians would gather in public squares and pose tricky math problems to each other. Then they raced to ...

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Abstract: We introduce MSoln-PSO, a modified Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm aimed at overcoming limitations in finding singular optimal points. By adapting the social component to steer towards ...