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Newcomb may
refer to:
Newcomb (surname),
includes a list of
people with the name
Newcomb Bay
Newcomb, Victoria, a
residential suburb Newcomb Township,...
- Benford's law, also
known as the
Newcomb–Benford law, the law of
anomalous numbers, or the first-digit law, is an
observation that in many real-life sets...
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Newcomb is a surname.
Notable people with the name include:
Anthony Newcomb (1941–2018),
American musicologist Bernard A.
Newcomb,
American businessperson...
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known as the
creator of
Newcomb's paradox,
devised in 1960. He was the great-grandnephew of the
astronomer Simon Newcomb.
Newcomb started at the Lawrence...
- In
philosophy and mathematics,
Newcomb's paradox, also
known as
Newcomb's problem, is a
thought experiment involving a game
between two players, one of...
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Simon Newcomb (March 12, 1835 – July 11, 1909) was a Canadian–American astronomer,
applied mathematician, and
autodidactic polymath. He
served as Professor...
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Newcomb ball (also
known simply as
Newcomb+, and
sometimes spelled Newcombe (ball)) is a ball game pla**** in a
gymnasium or
court using two
opposing teams...
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Frank Hamilton Newcomb (10
November 1846 – 20
February 1934) was a
United States Revenue Cutter Service commodore, best
known for his
actions at the Battle...
- USS
Newcomb (DD-586) was a Fletcher-class
destroyer in the
United States Navy
during World War II. She was the only ship
named for
Commodore Frank H....
- H.
Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, or
Newcomb College, was the
coordinate women's
college of
Tulane University located in New Orleans, in the U.S. state...
