Starting with a novel definition of divided differences, this essay derives and discusses the basic properties of, and facts about, (univariate) divided differences. “It belongs to the most beautiful I have been able to do.”[Newton 1676]

Although fertility rates are falling in many countries, Europe is the continent with the lowest. As men and women choose to have fewer children, total fertility rates in Europe have fallen below replacement levels: for a total fertility rate of 1.5, the rate is around 1.7 children per woman for the cohorts born in 1965. This is due to individual decisions arising from the instability of modern ...

• Honey bees significantly increase yield in blueberry variety Ventura. Blueberry yields still show a pollen deficit. can be effective pollinators of blueberries areas which lack bumble bees. Animal-mediated pollination is an essential ecosystem service on over third the world's agricultural crops depend. fruit production highly dependent animal and although visited by range bee species their n...