Computer scientists are abuzz over a fast new algorithm for solving one of the central problems in the field.
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Landmark Algorithm Breaks 30-Year Impasse
‘Outsiders’ Crack a 50-Year-Old Math Problem
Three computer scientists have solved a problem central to a dozen far-flung mathematical fields.
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Major Advance Reveals the Limits of Computation
A major advance reveals deep connections between the classes of problems that computers can—and can’t—possibly do.
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The Tricky Encryption That Could Stump Quantum Computers
In the drive to safeguard data from future quantum computers, cryptographers have stumbled upon a thin red line between security and efficiency.
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A New Design for Cryptography’s Black Box
A two-year-old cryptographic breakthrough has proven difficult to put into practice. But new advances show how near-perfect computer security might be surprisingly close at hand.
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How Computers Are Changing the Way We Explain the World
Computers can prove mathematical theorems. But can they make deep conceptual insights into the way the world works?
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