The aim of this paper is to demonstrate through two case studies that a careful evaluation of the likelihood polynomial yields a better result in a linkage analysis using pedigree data. A simple ...

Vesselin Dimitrov’s proof of the Schinzel-Zassenhaus conjecture quantifies the way special values of polynomials push each other apart. In the physical world, objects often push each other apart in an ...

Hilbert’s 12th problem asked for novel analogues of the roots of unity, the building blocks for certain number systems. Now, over 100 years later, two mathematicians have produced them. Problems in ...