The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In crossing theory for stochastic processes the distribution of quantities such as distances between level crossings, maximum height of an ...

Microbial ecology is currently undergoing a revolution, with repercussions spreading throughout microbiology, ecology and ecosystem science. The rapid accumulation of molecular data is uncovering vast ...