An eminent mathematician reveals that his advances in the study of millennia-old mathematical questions owe to concepts derived from physics.
To efficiently analyze a firehose of data, scientists first have to break big numbers into bits.
June Huh thought he had no talent for math until a chance meeting with a legendary mind. A decade later, his unorthodox approach to mathematical thinking has led to major breakthroughs.
The ancient Greeks argued that the best life was filled with beauty, truth, justice, play, and love. The mathematician Francis Su knows just where to find them. The post
The Mathematician Who Will Make You Fall in Love With Numbers appeared first on
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By folding fractals into 3-D objects, a mathematical duo hopes to gain new insight into simple equations. The post
How to Build Beautiful 3-D Fractals Out of the Simplest Equations appeared first on
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The computer scientist Cynthia Dwork takes abstract concepts like privacy and fairness and adapts them into machine code for the algorithmic age. The post
How Humans Can Force the Machines to Play Fair appeared first on
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An unexpected connection has emerged between the results of physics experiments and an important, seemingly unrelated set of numbers in pure mathematics. The post
Physicists Uncover Strange Numbers in Particle Collisions appeared first on
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The latest effort to overhaul math and science education offers a fundamental rethinking of the basic structure of knowledge. But will it be given time to work? The post
Meet the New Math, Unlike the Old Math appeared first on
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Computer scientists can prove certain programs to be error-free with the same certainty that mathematicians prove theorems. The post
Computer Scientists Close In on Perfect, Hack-Proof Code appeared first on
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Researchers have uncovered deep connections among different types of random objects, illuminating hidden geometric structures. The post
Mathematicians Are Building a Unified Theory of Geometric Randomness appeared first on
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