DISCOVERY The mathematical formula '-SAVING MARRIAGE' LONDON - 'Raise your eyes to the sky + + react coolly ridicules = ready to divorce their spouses'. E 'contention an American scientist who has developed two algebraic formulas for husband and wife in order to establish which pairs of newlyweds have the best chance to live happily together until death separates them. The creator of the equations that predict the success or failure of the conjugal union and 'Professor James Murray of the University of Washington in Seattle (USA). According to the scholar, who presented for the first time the algebraic system of mathematical biology at the University at the conference 'of Dundee in Scotland, the equation hard to go wrong: in fact 94% of cases, says the mathematician, can' predict accurately what will be 'the outcome of the marriage.
The formula 'was developed by examining 700 pairs of King County, Seattle, in 10 years. The experiment, conducted by Murray together with the psychologist John Gottman, included the 'observation of couples while they were engaged in a conversation of 15 minutes shortly after they married. As a topic of discussion was chosen as a controversial issue the education of children, sex or money and the ability 'to communicate was assessed with the positive and negative scores. A playful attitude, sweet intonation of voice, smiles and affectionate gestures involved the assignment of positive points. Conversely, raising his eyes to heaven, to criticize, denigrate and treat with coldness were judged by negative points.
''We used to assign points established a method of psychological evaluation, as -3 to +2 for contempt and a sense of humor,''said Murray, author of 'Mathematics for Marriage' (Mathematics for marriage) to the newspaper The Daily Telegraph. ''Then we incorporated the points on a graph and we were able to predict odds 'divorce convert into algebraic terms,''added the professor stressed that the success rate and the formula' was''unbelievable.''
According to Murray, and that 'by his happily married for 40 years, the system not only allows you to calculate how the couple interact, but also puts his finger on the causes of the problems of the couple showing the way forward to save the marriage. The equation for the wife and 'the following: w (t +1) = a + r1 * w (t) + IHW [h (t)], where w''stands for''wife (wife), husband to h ( husband) and t for time (time);''a''and 'a constant that represents the state of mind when the wife is not' with husband;''r1 * w (t)''indicates the ease 'with which he can' change the mood of his wife when she talks to her husband,''and''IHW 'so-called influence function''' 'which is the measure of the influence that the comments have on her husband's wife,''h (t)''indicates the score of her husband during the 15-minute conversation with his wife and finally''w (t +1)'' as is his wife reacted to the conversation with her husband. More 'up and' this value, the greater and 'the probability' of divorce.
The equation of the husband and 'h (t +1) = b + r2 * h (t) + IWH [w (t)]. And''b'''is a constant and the mood of her husband when it is not' with wife;''r2 * h (t)''indicates the ease 'with which the husband change the mood when he spoke with his wife,''and''IWH' function that measures how much influence his wife's comments have an impact on her husband,''w (t)''is the score given by his wife during the 15-minute conversation with her husband and''h (t +1)''indicates how her husband reacted to the conversation with the wife. Again, more 'up and' this value, the greater the probability 'of divorce. 08/08/2003 21:33
