Frederick Chapman Robbins

The Chapman-Robbins type lower bound for the Quantum Estimation

The quantum estimation is a problem to estimate the physical state of a quantum system, whose framework is made by Helstrom [3]. In this problem, the true value of the parameter of a prepared physical system is estimated. A goodness of an estimator is defined and we can evaluate the goodness of estimators. For example, an estimator might be better if the mean is closer to the true value of the ...

EVIDENCE FOR A SECOND THIAMIN By WILLIAM J. ROBBINS AND FREDERICK KAVANAGH

Frederick Cohan

In graduate school I became interested in Ernst Mayr’s ideas on species and speciation, particularly his idea that a species is a cohesive body, whose divergence is opposed by various forces of evolution, and that the splitting of species marks the origin of lineages that no longer cohere. Species were thought to be cohesive mostly as a result of recurrent genetic exchange among them, but I was...

Jane Robbins

Australian social policy has embraced what have loosely been termed " Third Way " initiatives over the last few years. The Howard government has announced a tripartate " Social Coalition " of government, business and community sectors as its chosen model for addressing social disadvantage and exclusion. " Mutual obligation " , " social entrepreneurialsm " , " partnerships " and " capacity build...

Frederick Weatherly

on August nth, and general was the regret among the number who knew him when the sad, though not unexpected, announcement was made that Frederick Weatherly, of Portishead, had gone over to the majority. Educated at Great Ealing School, with Professor Huxley, Cardinal Newman, Sir Henry Rawlinson, and many other notables as his school companions, he entered when almost a boy at St. Bartholomew's ...