The problem posed by ironic process theory, where (for example) explicitly trying not to think about a white bear makes one more likely to think of it.

A property of a material that does not depend on the amount or shape of the material, a property of the material at a specific point in space

A property of a component or system that is a function of the whole component, a property that changes if material is added or subtracted to the component

A visibility problem in computational geometry, dealing with whether a number of points in a polygon can collectively "see" (by line segments akin to a person's line of sight) the whole interior of the polygon.

Synonym of art gallery problem

(probability theory) The memoryless property of Markov models, according to which the future states depend only on the current state and not those that preceded it.

A subject can be identified by observing its habitual characteristics.

(probability theory) The problem of selecting the best out of n applicants for a position, under the condition that all applicants are interviewed in random order, the quality of the applicants is not known before interviewing, and once rejected an applicant cannot be recalled.

plural of protein phosphorylation

(mathematics) The problem of deciding whether a given expression is equal to zero.