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Brian Keating’s Quest for the Origin of the Universe
...to build a tiny (equals cheap) telescope to detect this pattern of the aftershocks, the gravitational aftermath of inflation. Strogatz: The BICEP2 team thought that it saw a fantastically strong...
Computer Scientists Attempt to Corner the Collatz Conjecture
...technique called SAT solving (where SAT stands for “satisfiability”) to conquer an impressive list of math problems: The Pythagorean triples problem in 2016, Schur number 5 in 2017 and now...
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...
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...
How Is AI Changing the Science of Prediction?
...and science today. For this episode, we’re joined by mathematician and statistician Emmanuel Candès to ask how are data science and machine learning helping us approach complex prediction problems like...
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...