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Optimal 4-Approximation for the Correlated Pandora's Problem
Nikhil Bansal, Zhiyi Huang, Zixuan Zhu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.17029 https://arxiv.org/…

Optimal 4-Approximation for the Correlated Pandora's Problem
The Correlated Pandora's Problem posed by Chawla et al. (2020) generalizes the classical Pandora's Problem by allowing the numbers inside the Pandora's boxes to be correlated. It also generalizes the Min Sum Set Cover problem, and is related to the Uniform Decision Tree problem. This paper gives an optimal 4-approximation for the Correlated Pandora's Problem, matching the lower bound of 4 from Min Sum Set Cover.

ELPIS: Accelerated metal and dust enrichment in a proto-cluster core at $z\approx8$
Hideki Umehata, Yoichi Tamura, Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Yurina Nakazato, Daniel Ceverino, Naoki Yoshida, Akio K. Inoue, Ryota Ikeda, Yuma Sugahara, Shutaro Inui, Santiago Arribas, Tom Bakx, Masato Hagimoto, Takuya Hashimoto, Luis Colina, Yi W. Ren, Wataru Osone, Alejandro Crespo Gomez, Ken Mawatari, Javier Alvarez-Marquez

ELPIS: Accelerated metal and dust enrichment in a proto-cluster core at $z\approx8$
We present a study of the metal, dust, and molecular gas content in galaxies within the A2744-z7p9OD proto-cluster at z ~ 7.88. We focus on two galaxy groups, the Quintet and the Chain, which are covered by the ELPIS survey (The Emission-Line Protocluster Imaging Survey of the furthest overdensity beyond Pandora's Cluster Abell 2744). [C II] 158 um emission is detected in five galaxies, revealing molecular gas reservoirs with log(M_gas/Msun) ~ 9.0-9.6, while dust continuum at the observed frame…

Just registered for this, it's tonight, Jim and Dennis of The Smithereens will be talking about their debut record Especially for You at the 'Tuesday Night Record Club' that the Springsteen Archives does via Monmouth University in New Jersey. It's free and there's an in person and Zoom option (I obviously grabbed a Zoom ticket). I've talked here before about how much I love this record - this'll be cool to hear.

Tuesday Night Record Club - The Smithereens "Especially for You" with Jim Babjak and Dennis Diken of The Smithereens - Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music
It’s just like book club but with albums! With new advances in technology, the way we consume music through our devices, apps and on demand streaming services like Pandora, Spotify […]

Turned on #Christmas Pandora playlist for the first time this year. And of course the first song was all about it being ok to abuse peers for being different and having the authority figure ignore it until he needs you for something important for him, not because it's wrong.
The "Now that we know your difference is useful we'll stop treating you like shit and pretend it never happened" is a perfect topper.
Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a great lesson for children. /sarcasm
#autistic #neurospicy

The Role of Commitment in Optimal Stopping
Jos\'e Correa, Evangelia Gergatsouli, Bruno Ziliotto
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24132 https://arxiv.org/pdf/…

The Role of Commitment in Optimal Stopping
We investigate the role of commitment in optimal stopping by studying all the variants between Prophet Inequality (PI) and Pandora's Box (PB). Both problems deal with a set of variables drawn from known distributions. In PI the gambler observes an adversarial order of these variables with the goal of selecting one that maximizes the expected value against a prophet who knows the exact values realized. The gambler has to irrevocably decide at each step whether to select the value or discard it…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Alice Mary Smith, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Ben Gernon:
🎵 The Masque of Pandora (Two Intermezzi)
#AliceMarySmith #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #BenGernon