Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p There are various methods to calculate the day of the week for any particular date in the past or future. These methods ultimately rely on algorithms to determine the day of the week for any given date, including those based solely on tables as found in perpetual calendars that require no calculations to be performed by the user. A typical application is to calculate the day of the week on which someone was born or any other specific event occurred.A calendrical savant (or calendar savant) is someone who—though mentally disabled—can name the day of the week of a date, or vice versa in a few seconds or even a tenth of a second, on a limited range of decades or certain millennia. These savants are mostly autistic. Non-autistic savant calculators tend to have below-average cognitive functions. The rarity of human calendar calculators is likely due to the lack of motivation and encouragement to develop such a skill among most normally functioning children. Calendrical savants, on the other hand, may not be prone to invest in socially engaging skills.. }
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- Determination_of_the_day_of_the_week abstract "There are various methods to calculate the day of the week for any particular date in the past or future. These methods ultimately rely on algorithms to determine the day of the week for any given date, including those based solely on tables as found in perpetual calendars that require no calculations to be performed by the user. A typical application is to calculate the day of the week on which someone was born or any other specific event occurred.A calendrical savant (or calendar savant) is someone who—though mentally disabled—can name the day of the week of a date, or vice versa in a few seconds or even a tenth of a second, on a limited range of decades or certain millennia. These savants are mostly autistic. Non-autistic savant calculators tend to have below-average cognitive functions. The rarity of human calendar calculators is likely due to the lack of motivation and encouragement to develop such a skill among most normally functioning children. Calendrical savants, on the other hand, may not be prone to invest in socially engaging skills.".