Worst hole yet

On the existence of black hole evaporation yet again

A new argument is presented confirming the point of view that a Schwarzshild black hole formed during a collapse process does not radiate.

Elementary Yet Precise Worst-case Analysis of MergeSort, A short version (SV)

The full version of this paper offers two elementary yet precise derivations of an exact formula

The worst doctor in the worst clinic.

Alcoholism – the Worst Addiction

Introduction: The most common substance of abuse/dependence in patients presenting for treatment in western countries is alcohol. Ethyl alcohol or ethanol which is also called medicinal alcohol is used as an official drug compendium. It is also administered as an antidote in methanol poisoning. However, regular consumption of high amounts of alcoholic drinks induces dependence and addiction lea...

Worst - case

In a system in which noncooperative agents share a common resource, we propose the ratio between the worst possible Nash equilibrium and the social optimum as a measure of the eeectiveness of the system. Deriving upper and lower bounds for this ratio in a model in which several agents share a very simple network leads to some interesting mathematics, results, and open problems.