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Quotes About Determining

if, for each t, we write u(t) for the function from to that takes x to u(x, t), then it describes how the function u(t) "evolves" over time. The Cauchy problem for an evolution equation is the problem of determining this evolution from knowledge of its initial value u(0).
~ Timothy Gowers
las capacidades de la IE (más que el coeficiente intelectual o las habilidades técnicas) se presentan como la competencia «determinante»
~ Daniel Goleman
Genetics plays a role in determining who gets an anxiety disorder, what type it is (e.g., worry, compulsive
~ Henry Emmons
The VA does a lot of good things, but determining if a firm is a small business is not one of them.
~ Sam Graves
This idea, as you know, that I have firm convictions that the idea of issues being a big deal where our mutual friend went back and he felt so strongly that the determining factor in electoral success should be a proven character.
~ James Stockdale
Because of a jury-rigged and outdated system meant to track deaths, the government has trouble determining exactly which Americans are deceased.
~ David Fahrenthold
while economic institutions are critical for determining whether a country is poor or prosperous, it is politics and political institutions that determine what economic institutions a country has.
~ Daron AcemoÄŸlu
I've noticed that when people make vampire movies, they're always determining which of the rules they're going to stick to and which they'll abandon.
~ Alexandra Cassavetes
The critical investment factor is determining the intrinsic value of a business and paying a fair or bargain price.
~ Warren Buffett
The medical community now freely admits that in a larger sense a person's attitude is one of the chief factors in determining the effect of all suffering.
~ Philip Yancey
The most reliable way of determining what a word in a dead language means is to see how the word is used in context. Once
~ Unknown
PHYSIOGNOMY, n. The art of determining the character of another by the resemblances and differences between his face and our own, which is the standard of excellence.
~ Ambrose Bierce
The word "freewill" (as also "self-determining power" [autexousiou] used by the Greek Fathers) does not occur in Scripture ... I Cor 7:37 does not mean freedom of the will.
~ Francis Turretin
When luck plays a part in determining the consequences of your actions, you don't want to study success to learn what strategy was used but rather study strategy to see whether it consistently led to success.
~ Michael J. Mauboussin
La pure morale est unique et universelle. Elle ne subit aucune altération au cours du temps, non plus qu'aucune adjonction. Elle ne dépend d'aucun facteur historique, économique, sociologique ou culturel ; elle ne dépend absolument de rien du tout. Non déterminée, elle détermine. Non conditionnée, elle conditionne. En d'autres termes, c'est un absolu.
~ Michel Houellebecq
In the long run optimal experiences add up to a sense of mastery--or perhaps better, a sense of participation in determining the contents of life--that comes as close to what is usually meant by happiness as anything else we can conceivably imagine.
~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi