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Practical examples/applications of independent sets in hypergraphs?
A hypergraph $H$ is a collection of subsets of a set $V$. And $V$ is called its vertex-set. And those subsets are called its edges (or hyperedges.) And an independent set of $H$ is a subset $I$ of $V$ ...
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Handshaking lemma
I'm collecting mathematical facts that can be easily explained to non-mathematicians and that have both "unimportant" and very important applications. For example, Theorema Egregium can be applied to ...
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The Mathematics of Symbol Recognition.
I wonder what Mathematics is behind handwriting and symbol recognition.
I was using Detexify just now and it struck me that a distinction could be made between $\varsigma$ (a variant of the Greek ...
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