Foundations, Volume 5, Issue 4

In this paper, we investigate a new class of nonlinear fractional boundary value problems (BVPs) involving $(k,\psi )$-Caputo fractional derivative operators subject to multipoint closed boundary conditions. Such a formulation of boundary data generali...

The root mean square deviation (RMSD) is a widely used item fit statistic in item response models. However, the sample RMSD is known to exhibit positive bias in small samples. To address this, seven alternative bias-corrected RMSD estimators are prop...

Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) and the Free Energy Principle (FEP) are two foundational, principle-based frameworks originally developed to explain brain function. However, since their initial proposals, both frameworks have been generalized to acco...

A probabilistic version of geometry is introduced. The fifth postulate of Euclid (Playfair’s axiom) is adopted in the following probabilistic form: consider a line and a point not on the line—there is exactly one line through the point wi...

We consider a class of strongly mixing sequences with infinite second moment. This class contains important GARCH processes that are applied in econometrics. We show the relative stability for such processes and construct a counterexample. We apply t...

This study investigates the origin and amplification of magnetic fields in planets and galaxies, emphasizing the foundational role of a seed magnetic field (SMF) in enabling dynamo processes. We propose a universal mechanism whereby an SMF arises nat...