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Posted on June 22, 2016

The Beauty of Laplace’s Equation, Mathematical Key to … Everything

The Beauty of Laplace’s Equation, Mathematical Key to … Everything
With these five symbols, Laplace read the universe. The post The Beauty of Laplace’s Equation, Mathematical Key to … Everything appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on March 20, 2016

Mathematicians Have Discovered a Prime Conspiracy

Mathematicians Have Discovered a Prime Conspiracy
A previously unnoticed property of prime numbers seems to violate a longstanding assumption about how they behave. The post Mathematicians Have Discovered a Prime Conspiracy appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on February 18, 2016

Dominate Calculus With a Few Easy Tricks

Dominate Calculus With a Few Easy Tricks

A numerical integration solves an integral by breaking into a finite number of sums. This is fairly straightforward to do with a computer.

The post Dominate Calculus With a Few Easy Tricks appeared first on WIRED.

Posted on October 31, 2015

What Coloring Books Have in Common With Networks and Nodes

What Coloring Books Have in Common With Networks and Nodes

A theorem for coloring a large class of “perfect” mathematical networks could ease the way for a long-sought general coloring proof.

The post What Coloring Books Have in Common With Networks and Nodes appeared first on WIRED.

Posted on October 17, 2015

A Magical Answer to an 80-Year-Old Puzzle

A Magical Answer to an 80-Year-Old Puzzle

Using crowd-sourced and traditional mathematics research, Terence Tao has devised a solution to a long-standing problem posed by the legendary Paul Erdős.

The post A Magical Answer to an 80-Year-Old Puzzle appeared first on WIRED.

Posted on August 22, 2015

Meet the Guy Who Sorts All the World’s Numbers in His Attic

Meet the Guy Who Sorts All the World’s Numbers in His Attic

For more than 50 years, the mathematician Neil Sloane has curated the authoritative collection of interesting and important integer sequences.

The post Meet the Guy Who Sorts All the World’s Numbers in His Attic appeared first on WIRED.

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