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1 day ago · In the common case of electoral systems that only allow a choice of parties, the seats are allocated in proportion to the vote share each party receives. The term "proportional representation" may also be used to mean fair representation by population as applied to states, regions, etc.
1 day ago · Sweden is an excellent example. Drug use is just a third of the European average while spending on drug control is three times the EU average. For three decades, Sweden has had consistent and coherent drug-control policies, regardless of which party is in power. There is a strong emphasis on prevention, drug laws have been progressively ...
1 day ago · For example, the transition probabilities from 5 to 4 and 5 to 6 are both 0.5, and all other transition probabilities from 5 are 0. These probabilities are independent of whether the system was previously in 4 or 6. A series of independent states (for example, a series of coin flips) satisfies the formal definition of a Markov chain.
1 day ago · Definition The Fourier transform is an analysis process, decomposing a complex-valued function f (x) {\displaystyle \textstyle f(x)} into its constituent frequencies and their amplitudes. The inverse process is synthesis, which recreates f (x) {\displaystyle \textstyle f(x)} from its transform. We can start with an analogy, the Fourier series, which analyzes f (x) {\displaystyle \textstyle f(x ...
1 day ago · Christianity (/ k r ɪ s tʃ i ˈ æ n ɪ t i / or / k r ɪ s t i ˈ æ n ɪ t i /) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.4 billion followers, comprising around 31.2% of the world population.
1 day ago · Some notable examples include Tip O'Neill in the 1980s, Newt Gingrich in the 1990s, John Boehner in the early 2010s, and Nancy Pelosi in the late 2000s and again in the late 2010s and early 2020s. Since the speaker is a partisan officer with substantial power to control the business of the House, the position is often used for partisan advantage.
1 day ago · According to Benford's law, the probability that the first decimal-digit of an item in the data sample is d (from 1 to 9) equals log 10 (d + 1) − log 10 (d), regardless of the unit of measurement. Thus, about 30% of the data can be expected to have 1 as first digit, 18% start with 2, etc. Auditors examine deviations from Benford's law to ...
