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  • The change-making problem addresses the question of finding the minimum number of coins (of certain denominations) that add up to a given amount of money...
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  • Stefan problem aims to describe the evolution of the boundary between two phases of a material undergoing a phase change, for example the melting of a solid...
    21 KB (2,760 words) - 00:11, 16 March 2025
  • that a block cannot change position unless it is physically moved). The frame problem is the problem of finding adequate collections of axioms for a viable...
    31 KB (4,820 words) - 12:20, 7 November 2024
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    Impermanence, also known as the philosophical problem of change, is a philosophical concept addressed in a variety of religions and philosophies. In Eastern...
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    climate mitigation. The geopolitics of climate change is complex. It has often been framed as a free-rider problem, in which all countries benefit from mitigation...
    318 KB (28,559 words) - 16:36, 10 June 2025
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    In probability theory, the birthday problem asks for the probability that, in a set of n randomly chosen people, at least two will share the same birthday...
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  • and policy, a wicked problem is a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are...
    33 KB (3,687 words) - 16:53, 15 May 2025
  • The "No-Problem" Problem refers to an often spoken facet of systemic bias, whereby exclusion of minorities or marginalized people and knowledge occurs...
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  • HuffPost. Dinkin, Aaron (2018). "It's no problem to be polite: Apparent-time change in responses to thanks". Journal of Sociolinguistics. 22 (2): 190–215. doi:10...
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    trolley problem is a series of thought experiments in ethics, psychology, and artificial intelligence involving stylized ethical dilemmas of whether to...
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  • Thumbnail for Problem gambling
    Problem gambling, ludopathy, or ludomania is repetitive gambling behavior despite harm and negative consequences. Problem gambling may be diagnosed as...
    60 KB (7,213 words) - 17:55, 9 June 2025
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    Problem solving is the process of achieving a goal by overcoming obstacles, a frequent part of most activities. Problems in need of solutions range from...
    87 KB (9,997 words) - 00:26, 1 June 2025
  • still ret, then assume no one has changed the stack. // (That statement is not always true because of the ABA problem) // Atomically replace top with next...
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    specifically classical mechanics, the three-body problem is to take the initial positions and velocities (or momenta) of three point masses orbiting each other...
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  • The XY problem is a communication problem encountered in help desk, technical support, software engineering, or customer service situations where the question...
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    after 03:14:07 UTC on 19 January 2038. The problem exists in systems which measure Unix time—the number of seconds elapsed since the Unix epoch (00:00:00...
    28 KB (3,070 words) - 17:28, 5 June 2025
  • binary interface problem or FBI is a shortcoming of certain object-oriented programming language compilers, in which internal changes to an underlying...
    8 KB (1,240 words) - 12:18, 11 December 2018
  • Look up problem in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A problem is a difficulty which may be resolved by problem solving. Problem(s) or The Problem may also...
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    The Monty Hall problem is a brain teaser, in the form of a probability puzzle, based nominally on the American television game show Let's Make a Deal...
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    The term year 2000 problem, or simply Y2K, refers to potential computer errors related to the formatting and storage of calendar data for dates in and...
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