On Proto-Slavic Oath Formulas

Proto-derivative Formulas for Basic Subgradient Mappings in Mathematical Programming

Subgradient mappings associated with various convex and nonconvex functions are a vehicle for stating optimality conditions, and their proto-differentiability plays a role therefore in the sensitivity analysis of solutions to problems of optimization. Examples of special interest are the subgradients of the max of finitely many C functions, and the subgradients of the indicator of a set defined...

Oath of Hippocrates

Hippocrates' Oath is challenged.

Dutch medical oath.

In the first part of this article, the booklet Dutch Medical Oath is reviewed. The content of the new oath is discussed as are the reasons for revision of the previous version of the oath. This is followed by a short history of the oath. In the second part of the article the oath is compared with the seven competencies of a medical specialist. The new oath contains elements of six of these seve...

Oath of Canadian Citizenship