We refine the celebrated Stern Diatomic Sequence {b(n)}n≥0, in which b(n) is the number of partitions of n into powers of 2 for which each part has multiplicity 1 or 2, by studying the sequence {b(n, k)}n,k≥0, in which b(n, k) counts the partitions of n into powers of 2 in which exactly k parts have multiplicity 2, the remaining parts being of multiplicity 1. We find closed formulas for the b(n...

Manufacturing flexibility is critical for survival in industries characterized by rapid change and diverse product markets. While new manufacturing technologies make it possible to accomplish flexibility, their potential remains unrealized by firms whose organizational elements do not possess adaptive capabilities. In this paper, we use the brain as a metaphor to generate insights on how firms ...

Thank you, Haig, for the poignant introduction and kind words. I would also like to thank Jeff Murray, The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), the members of the Awards Committee, and especially Christopher Pearson. I first learned that I was the recipient of the 2013 Curt Stern Award from Christopher when I was on vacation with my family in San Francisco. I was pleasantly surprised and,...

The principle of an atomic interferometer based on the longitudinal Stem-Gerlach

Stern, Manfred. Semimodular lattices: theory and applications. / Manfred Stern. p. cm. – (Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications ; v. 73) Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Naccache–Stern public-key cryptosystem (NS) relies on the conjectured hardness of the modular multiplicative knapsack problem: Given p, {vi}, ∏ vi i mod p, find the {mi}. Given this scheme’s algebraic structure it is interesting to systematically explore its variants and generalizations. In particular it might be useful to enhance NS with features such as semantic security, re-randomizabili...