What Comparison Can Be Made Between the Travels of Columbus

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Short Answer

What comparison can be made between the travels of Columbus and of Zheng He?

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Definitions:

Frontal

Pertaining to the front part of something, especially referring to the front part of the brain, which is involved in executive functions like decision making and problem-solving.

Sample Points

Individual data points or observations selected from a population for the purpose of statistical analysis.

Permutation

In an experiment we may be interested in determining the number of ways n objects may be selected from among N objects when the order in which the n objects are selected is important. Each ordering of n objects is called a permutation and the total number of permutations of N objects taken n at a time is PNn = n! / (N - n)! for n = 0, 1, 2, . . . , N.

Union

In mathematics, specifically in set theory, the union of a collection of sets is the set of all distinct elements that are in any of those sets.