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Why Quantum Computers Might Not Break Cryptography
...is interesting to see that the conventional wisdom is wrong.” Math is hard. Indeed, much of the modern infrastructure for secure communication depends heavily on the difficulty of elementary mathematics...
The New Familiar Quanta
...bring you the very best coverage of mathematics and basic science news. Over the years, thanks to you, our audience has multiplied. We have expanded into new forms of journalism...
A Map of Human History, Hidden in DNA
...out. His mathematical chops have served him well in this endeavor. His innovative analyses and new ways of visualizing complex data reveal the genetic signatures of ancestry and the surprising...
How to Use a Sphere to Talk to Mars
To avoid garbled messages, mathematicians might translate them into geometric form. It’s hard to send a message from Mars. When the Curiosity rover, currently active on the surface of the...
Physicists Attack Math’s $1,000,000 Question
...remains arguably the most important unsolved problem in pure mathematics — one whose solution would fetch a $1 million Millennium Prize from the Clay Mathematics Institute. Conversely, as the number...
Solution: ‘A Ticking Evolutionary Clock’
...some biological realism. Making accurate models requires the math to follow the biology and not vice versa. And when conclusions are drawn from mathematical models, it is best to use...
Quantum Questions Inspire New Math
...The mathematical physicist and Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner has written eloquently about the amazing ability of mathematics to describe reality, characterizing it as “the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the...
A Long-Sought Proof, Found and Almost Lost
When a German retiree proved a famous long-standing mathematical conjecture, the response was underwhelming. Thomas Royen at his home in Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany. As he was brushing his teeth...
Yves Meyer, Wavelet Expert, Wins Abel Prize
...cited “for his pivotal role in the development of the mathematical theory of wavelets.” [No Caption] The French mathematician Yves Meyer, a self-described “nomad” who has made deep contributions to...