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Mathematics & Statistics

Using the latest mathematics approaches and computational methods, researchers at NIST provide state-of-the-art contributions that assist industry and academia in tackling some of the most difficult scientific, technical, and engineering problems and tasks.

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To Tune Up Your Quantum Computer, Better Call an AI Mechanic
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NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions
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It All Adds Up: Being a NIST NRC Postdoc in Applied Mathematics (blog post)

The Pioneering Life of Ethel Marden

News and Updates

Events

Circular Economy in the High-Tech World

Wed, Jan 27 2021, 10:00am - Thu, Jan 28 2021, 5:00pm EST
This workshop will convene stakeholders from across the electronics, battery, and solar panel supply chains to assess

Industry Impacts

Projects and Programs

Radiative Decay of the Neutron

Quantum electrodynamics (QED) predicts that a neutron will decay into a proton, electron and anti-neutrino. A small fraction of the time, this beta-decay

e-Statistics

Develop NIST standard reference tools to implement core statistics and metrology computations.

Computational Chemistry

Ab initio computational chemistry is considered to be one of the holy grails of computational science. The benefits to society range from lighter, stronger

Publications

Comparing Instruments

Author(s)
James H. Yen, Dennis D. Leber, Leticia S. Pibida
This document details methods to compare instrument performance. Comparison methods for instruments outputting binary (0-1) responses as well as for instruments

Diffusion-limited reactions in nanoscale electronics

Author(s)
Ryan M. Evans, Arvind K. Balijepalli, Anthony J. Kearsley
To quantify interactions between drug molecules and target receptors, a novel nanoscale electronics instrument is under development. The instrument consists of

NIST Interactions: Fiscal Year 2015 through Fiscal Year 2018

Author(s)
Nicole K. Gingrich, Isaac Patterson, Jimmy Nazario-Negron, Michael J. Hall
This study analyzes data from fiscal years 2015 through 2018 of eighteen interaction types in which NIST participates annually. To describe the volume of direct

Software

Calculator

Smart Investment Tool

This tool calculates metrics for investment analysis documented in NIST Advanced manufacturing Series 200-5. It calculates net present value, internal rate of

Timebase Correction Software

The Timebase Correction (TBC) software package , used with high-speed sampling oscilloscopes, can correct both random and systematic timebase errors using

Awards