In his brilliant novel ‘Lila,’ author Robert Pirsig makes the point that all good systems are the result of a harmonious balance between static and dynamic patterns. Static patterns represent forces ...

Data mining is about finding patterns that were previously unknown or patterns that depart from the norm. The stock market analyst looks for any pattern of variables that may predict a future change ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of humanity’s earliest mathematical inquiries might have involved the geometric patterns in plants. The arrangement of leaves on a branch, seeds in a sunflower, and spines on a ...