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Mathematicians Settle Erdős Coloring Conjecture
Fifty years ago, Paul Erdős and two other mathematicians came up with a graph theory problem that they thought they might solve on the spot. A team of mathematicians has...
A Computer Scientist Who Tackles Inequality Through Algorithms
...the optimal solution.” Does your math background still help? Math and theoretical computer science force you to be precise. Ambiguity is a bug in mathematics. If I give you a...
Federico Ardila on Math, Music and the Space of Possibilities
...into this particular part of math, so I asked him to tell me a little bit about his childhood. Ardila: I first got really interested in math through this math...
Finding Zen in the Art of Puzzle Solving
Readers used their Zen-like puzzle solving skills to discover hidden insights. The “eureka” or “aha” moment of insight is legendary in math and science, dating at least two millenniums back...
Pioneers Linking Math and Computer Science Win the Abel Prize
...teenager he earned three gold medals at the International Math Olympiad and also triumphed in a Hungarian game show that put math prodigies inside glass isolation booths and challenged them...
Frank Wilczek on the Strong Force, Quarks and Dark Matter
...So, then what happened? So, you’ve got this — well, you mentioned math, and I sort of cut you off. You said math and logic, those were interests of yours....
The Mysterious Math of Perfection
...about an odd one? And how are modern mathematicians trying to resolve this ancient question? Our exploration of mathematical perfection begins with divisors. We know that 6 is a divisor...
New Algorithm Breaks Speed Limit for Solving Linear Equations
By harnessing randomness, a new algorithm achieves a fundamentally novel — and faster — way of performing one of the most basic computations in math and computer science. Grade school...
Mathematicians Set Numbers in Motion to Unlock Their Secrets
...“Elliptic curves are still mysterious enough that they’re generating new math all the time,” said Matt Baker, a mathematician at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Mathematicians are particularly interested in...