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Simpler Math Tames the Complexity of Microbe Networks
The dizzying network of interactions within microbe communities can defy analysis. But a new approach that simplifies the math might make progress possible. Over the past century, scientists have become...
Mystery Math Whiz and Novelist Advance Permutation Problem
...under the radar of the mathematics community for seven years — apparently only one professional mathematician spotted it at the time, and he didn’t check it carefully. But in a...
The Year in Math and Computer Science
Several mathematicians under the age of 30, and amateur problem-solvers of all ages, made significant contributions to some of the most difficult questions in math and theoretical computer science. Youth...
Quanta’s Science and Math Crossword Puzzle
Celebrate a year’s worth of scientific and mathematical insights by solving this brain-teasing cryptic crossword from our puzzle columnist. Last December, we published our 2017 Science and Math Crossword as...
The Year in Math and Computer Science
...pages of mathematical machinery describing how to translate modern math into the language of category theory. More recently, other mathematicians have begun establishing the foundational principles of a field with...
Scarlett Howard on the Lessons of Teaching Bees Math
Scarlett Howard describes how and why she taught honeybees math. Anne Moffat for Quanta Magazine...
How Rational Math Catches Slippery Irrational Numbers
...may seem, irrational numbers comprise the vast majority of real numbers, and some of them unlock math’s most important relationships. The area of a circle depends on $latex \pi$, and...
The Simple Math Problem We Still Can’t Solve
...solve this math problem. You will be tempted. This problem is simply stated, easily understood, and all too inviting. Just pick a number, any number: If the number is even,...
Disorder Persists in Larger Graphs, New Math Proof Finds
...of colors you use to perform the coloring. Mathematicians can’t calculate most Ramsey numbers because all but the smallest graphs are too complex to analyze directly. Usually, the best mathematicians...