It is tempting to think one cannot run faster because the legs cannot turn over quickly enough. This paper asks which quantity reaches its limit first──the answer is the force applied to the ground. No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed. Scope of this paper (scope note): No new mathematical theorem and...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
Principal component analysis is described as extracting the main direction in the data. This paper asks whether the data alone fix that direction──the answer is that they do not: the units do. No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed. Scope of this paper (scope note): No new mathematical theorem and no new...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
An achromatic lens is called a lens with the chromatic aberration removed. This paper asks how far it is removed──the answer is at two wavelengths only, with a third colour remaining. No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed. Scope of this paper (scope note): No new mathematical theorem and no new law is c...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
A gravity assist is described as accelerating on a planet’s gravity. This paper asks in which frame the acceleration happened──the answer is that from the Sun it accelerated and from the planet its speed never changed. No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed. Scope of this paper (scope note): No new mathe...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
Principal component analysis is described as extracting the main direction in the data. This paper asks whether the data alone fix that direction──the answer is that they do not: the units do. No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed. Scope of this paper (scope note): No new mathematical theorem and no new...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
“Moore’s law is ending” has been said for a long time. This paper asks what ended──the answer is that what ended was not the law of counting but the law of power. No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed. Scope of this paper (scope note): No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed──Moore’s law,...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
It is tempting to think a premium is the probability of loss times its size. This paper asks whether that suffices──the answer is that it does not, and what sets the shortfall is the number of policies. No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed. Scope of this paper (scope note): No new mathematical theorem...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
A forgetting curve shows memory falling with time. This paper asks what quantity is falling──the answer is a different quantity for each way of testing, giving three answers one day later. No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed. Scope of this paper (scope note): No new mathematical theorem and no new law...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
The brain is said to use 2 per cent of the body’s mass and 20 per cent of its energy. This paper asks where that factor of 10 comes from──the answer is not that the brain is high but that the denominator is low. No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed. Scope of this paper (scope note): No new mathematical...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
It is tempting to think a premium is the probability of loss times its size. This paper asks whether that suffices──the answer is that it does not, and what sets the shortfall is the number of policies. No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed. Scope of this paper (scope note): No new mathematical theorem...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
Radio waves are said to suffer a “loss” as the distance grows. This paper asks what is being lost──and the answer is that nothing is lost; what looks like loss is a fact about the receiver. No new theorem or law is claimed. Scope of this paper (scope note): No new theorem or law is claimed──the Friis transmission formu...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
A comet trails its tail away from the Sun. This paper asks whether that tail is one thing──the answer is that there are two, and the forces pulling them are different. No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed. Scope of this paper (scope note): No new mathematical theorem and no new law is claimed──the rati...
Yuuki Yamagishi· Zenodo (CERN European Organi...· 0 citations
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