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How the Slowest Computer Programs Illuminate Math’s Fundamental Limits
...has become an object of study in its own right, because it has yielded connections to some of the loftiest concepts and open problems in mathematics. “In math, there is...
After Centuries, a Seemingly Simple Math Problem Gets an Exact Solution
...an acre? It sounds like high school geometry, but mathematicians and math enthusiasts have been pondering this problem in various forms for more than 270 years. And while they’ve successfully...
How Neutral Theory Altered Ideas About Biodiversity
...size, the larger the drift,” Johri said. Part of the appeal of neutral theory is that it’s mathematically straightforward. “A lot of the theory was easy,” Johri explained, since essentially...
The Computer Scientist Who Shrinks Big Data
...everybody’s Black. It was never like, “Oh, you’re a Black kid who’s succeeding in math and science.” It was like, well, of course I’m a Black kid, everyone’s a Black...
Undergraduate Math Student Pushes Frontier of Graph Theory
...had set the previous best upper bound on the problem. A Life of Math Sah grew up in Portland, Oregon, and liked math from a young age. “Some of my...
Scientists Uncover the Universal Geometry of Geology
An exercise in pure mathematics has led to a wide-ranging theory of how the world comes together. On a mild autumn day in 2016, the Hungarian mathematician Gábor Domokos arrived...
Some Math Problems Seem Impossible. That Can Be a Good Thing.
...the history of math, by those working on problems ranging from squaring the circle to circumambulating the city of Königsberg. And it’s a question that helps us shape what mathematics...
Searching Symbols for the Rules of Change
...for clarity. When and how did you realize that you liked mathematics? Oh, I always liked math. I grew up with math in the house. It was always there, sort...
What Is a Particle?
...physical makeup — ultimately, its constituent particles. But those particles’ properties derive not from constituents of their own but from mathematical patterns. As points of contact between mathematics and reality,...