Lunch times eaten?

A moth-eaten radius.

To cite: Khan FS, Walker AB, Pappachan JM. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-201653 DESCRIPTION A 67-year-old right-handed man, with known renal cell carcinoma (RCC), presented to the hospital with a painful and swollen right wrist joint and severe hypercalcaemia (albumin-corrected serum calcium level of 3.6 mmol/L) with low parathyroid hormone...

Free Lunch

In the world of digital imaging and digitisation the current ubiquity of large proprietary brands can sometimes be seen as a hindrance when considering embarking on a digitisation project. Within digitisation, the issue of digital preservation is a constant reminder of the vulnerability of our digital assets and it is possibly this ubiquity of proprietary software and formats that is seen as be...

Reinterpreting No Free Lunch

Abstract Since its inception, the "No Free Lunch" theorem (NFL) has concerned the application of symmetry results rather than the symmetries themselves. In our view, the conflation of result and application obscures the simplicity, generality, and power of the symmetries involved. This paper separates result from application, focusing on and clarifying the nature of underlying symmetries. The r...

a Free Lunch ?

526 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 51, NUMBER 5 The notion of arbitrage is crucial in the modern theory of finance. It is the cornerstone of the option pricing theory due to F. Black and M. Scholes (published in 1973, Nobel Prize in Economics 1997). The underlying idea is best explained by telling a little joke. A finance professor and a normal person go on a walk, and the normal person sees a €100 ...

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