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Lev Landau’s Marital Advice Explained

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Decision Making Under Uncertainty and Constraints

Part of the book series: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control ((SSDC,volume 217))

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Nobelist physicist Lev Landau was known for applying mathematical and physical reasoning to human relations. His advices may have been somewhat controversial, but they were usually well motivated. However, there was one advice for which no explanation remains—that a person should not marry his/her first and second true loves, and only start thinking about marriage starting with the third true love. In this paper, we provide a possible Landau-style motivation for this advice.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation grants 1623190 (A Model of Change for Preparing a New Generation for Professional Practice in Computer Science), and HRD-1834620 and HRD-2034030 (CAHSI Includes).

It was also supported by the program of the development of the Scientific-Educational Mathematical Center of Volga Federal District No. 075-02-2020-1478.

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  1. Department of Teacher Education, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W.University El Paso, Austin, TX, 79968, USA

    Olga Kosheleva

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W.University El Paso, Austin, TX, 79968, USA

    Vladik Kreinovich

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    Martine Ceberio

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA

    Vladik Kreinovich

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Kosheleva, O., Kreinovich, V. (2023). Lev Landau’s Marital Advice Explained. In: Ceberio, M., Kreinovich, V. (eds) Decision Making Under Uncertainty and Constraints. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 217. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16415-6_31

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