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The Scientist Who Developed a New Way to Understand Communication
...like a nail. Mark developed and knows a theory of computer science — and it’s a pretty big hammer.” A Mathematical Miracle The son of a mathematician mother and a...
What Causes Giant Rogue Waves?
...clever math. Find unexplored solar systems in Quanta Magazine’s new daily math game, Hyperjumps. Hyperjumps challenges you to find simple number combinations to get your rocket from one exoplanet to...
The Mathematical Shape of Things to Come
Scientific data sets are becoming more dynamic, requiring new mathematical techniques on par with the invention of calculus. VIDEO: Carlsson describes how topological analysis can help researchers interpret large data...
Simple Set Game Proof Stuns Mathematicians
...papers posted online in recent weeks, mathematicians have solved a problem about the pattern-matching card game Set that predates the game itself. The solution, whose simplicity has stunned mathematicians, is...
The Mathematics of Juggling
Juggling has advanced enormously in recent decades, thanks in part to the mathematical study of possible patterns. The late computer scientist Claude Shannon has a well-deserved reputation as the father...
Mathematicians Measure Infinities and Find They’re Equal
...complexity of mathematical theories. In a breakthrough that disproves decades of conventional wisdom, two mathematicians have shown that two different variants of infinity are actually the same size. The advance...
Federico Ardila: A Mathematician Who Dances to the Joys and Sorrows of Discovery
Federico Ardila on the joys and challenges of teaching math and helping students find their mathematical voice. Jason Henry for Quanta Magazine...
Mathematicians Tame Turbulence in Flattened Fluids
...of smooth streams of fluid into chaotic vortices, doesn’t just make for bumpy plane rides. It also throws a wrench into the very mathematics used to describe atmospheres, oceans and...
Mathematicians Discover the Perfect Way to Multiply
By chopping up large numbers into smaller ones, researchers have rewritten a fundamental mathematical speed limit. Four thousand years ago, the Babylonians invented multiplication. Last month, mathematicians perfected it. On...