physics, the problem of time is a conceptual conflict between quantum mechanics and general relativity. Quantum mechanics regards the flow of time as universal...
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best-known consequence of this type is the Y2K problem, but many other milestone dates or times exist that have caused or will cause problems depending on various...
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The year 2038 problem (also known as Y2038, Y2K38, Y2K38 superbug or the Epochalypse) is a time computing problem that leaves some computer systems unable...
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"constant time", the running time does not have to be independent of the problem size, but an upper bound for the running time has to be independent of the...
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technologists. Some applications standardize on UTC to avoid problems with clock shifts and time zone differences. Likewise, most modern operating systems...
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In the theory of computational complexity, the travelling salesman problem (TSP) asks the following question: "Given a list of cities and the distances...
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mechanics, time is treated as a universal and absolute parameter, differing from general relativity's notion of independent clocks. The problem of time consists...
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dynamics is a theory of gravity that implements Mach's principle, developed with the specific goal to obviate the problem of time and thereby open a new...
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2036/2038 problems and time proofness in various systems". 14 March 2017. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018. University of Delaware...
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In computer science, the clique problem is the computational problem of finding cliques (subsets of vertices, all adjacent to each other, also called...
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problem in computer science If the solution to a problem is easy to check for correctness, must the problem be easy to solve? More unsolved problems in...
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set of valid sentences is the empty set. The emptiness problem is the question of determining whether a language is empty given some representation of it...
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Quantum gravity (redirect from Quantum theory of gravity)
exploring a variety of approaches to the problem of quantum gravity, the most popular being M-theory and loop quantum gravity. All of these approaches aim...
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The following is a list of notable unsolved problems grouped into broad areas of physics. Some of the major unsolved problems in physics are theoretical...
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question of whether SAT has a polynomial-time algorithm is equivalent to the P versus NP problem, which is a famous open problem in the theory of computing...
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world Imaginary time Philosophical presentism Philosophy of space and time Problem of time Steady state Steady-state model Strata-cut animation Le Bihan...
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NP-completeness (redirect from NP-complete problem)
theory, NP-complete problems are the hardest of the problems to which solutions can be verified quickly. Somewhat more precisely, a problem is NP-complete...
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polynomial-time reduction is a method for solving one problem using another. One shows that if a hypothetical subroutine solving the second problem exists...
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Canonical quantum gravity (section The problem of time)
All canonical theories of general relativity have to deal with the problem of time. In quantum gravity, the problem of time is a conceptual conflict...
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The knapsack problem is the following problem in combinatorial optimization: Given a set of items, each with a weight and a value, determine which items...
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I'm the Problem is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Morgan Wallen. It was released through Big Loud, Republic, and Mercury Records...
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computer science, a computational problem is one that asks for a solution in terms of an algorithm. For example, the problem of factoring "Given a positive...
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Problem solving is the process of achieving a goal by overcoming obstacles, a frequent part of most activities. Problems in need of solutions range from...
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specifically classical mechanics, the three-body problem is to take the initial positions and velocities (or momenta) of three point masses orbiting each other...
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In physics, the n-body problem is the problem of predicting the individual motions of a group of celestial objects interacting with each other gravitationally...
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In probability theory, the birthday problem asks for the probability that, in a set of n randomly chosen people, at least two will share the same birthday...
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couldn’t truly mean everything".: 68 According to Burkeman, a crucial problem of time management is knowing "what to do when far too many things feel at...
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flatness problem (also known as the oldness problem) is a cosmological fine-tuning problem within the Big Bang model of the universe. Such problems arise...
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NP (complexity) (redirect from NP-problem)
(nondeterministic polynomial time) is a complexity class used to classify decision problems. NP is the set of decision problems for which the problem instances, where...
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trolley problem is a series of thought experiments in ethics, psychology, and artificial intelligence involving stylized ethical dilemmas of whether to...
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