Ernest J Davis

The seventeen thought-provoking and engaging essays in this collection present readers with a wide range of diverse perspectives on the ontology of mathematics. The essays address such questions as: What kind of things are mathematical objects? What kinds of assertions do mathematical statements mak...

A central goal of artificial intelligence is to give a computer program commonsense understanding of basic domains such as time, space, simple laws of nature, and simple facts about human minds. Many different systems of representation and inference have been developed for expressing such knowledge ...

STEPPING INTO HIS SHIFT (The Four Degrees of Separation) "Stepping Into His Shift" describes what many fear; change. All change is to be treated as a form of grief. Why? It is treated as such because a phase or our life has been disrupted. Our comfort zone has been compromised and we are to either ...

"Can't stop reading. Addictive.""I laughed ...""What a delight ...""What a fine story."Jeffrey Albacete is an established textbook author, with his classic text Matrix Algebra into its 9th edition. His satisfaction and sense of accomplishment is turned upside down when a computer science undergradua...

An important gateway suburban community, Mount Vernon was formed around the construction of two commuter rail lines to and from New York City. In the first quarter of the 20th century, its contiguous borders with Greater New York, rapid population growth, automobiles, petroleum, and industrial devel...

The Prodigal Returns is a must read for those who truly wish to evangelize the wayward. In no way is this a conclusive work, but one worth implementing.

"Musings of the World's Fool" is a work of Biblical thoughts on various subjects penned in a pondering manner. If we all took the time to meditate or "chew" on the thoughts presented to us by the Word of God, perhaps we may apply them to our lives. The musings were something to be recorded for other...

Based on the author’s course at NYU, Linear Algebra and Probability for Computer Science Applications gives an introduction to two mathematical fields that are fundamental in many areas of computer science. The course and the text are addressed to students with a very weak mathematical background. M...