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Erica Klarreich

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Art for "A 53-Year-Old Network Coloring Conjecture Is Disproved"
graph theory

A 53-Year-Old Network Coloring Conjecture Is Disproved

By Erica Klarreich
June 17, 2019
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In just three pages, a Russian mathematician has presented a better way to color certain types of networks than many experts thought possible.

Art for "How Feynman Diagrams Revolutionized Physics"
sphere packing

Out of a Magic Math Function, One Solution to Rule Them All

By Erica Klarreich
May 13, 2019
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Mathematicians used “magic functions” to prove that two highly symmetric lattices solve a myriad of problems in eight- and 24-dimensional space.

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Abel Prize

Karen Uhlenbeck, Uniter of Geometry and Analysis, Wins Abel Prize

By Erica Klarreich
March 19, 2019
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A founder of modern geometric analysis who produced “some of the most dramatic advances in mathematics in the last 40 years,” Uhlenbeck is the first woman to be awarded this top honor.

geometry

Math Duo Maps the Infinite Terrain of Minimal Surfaces

By Erica Klarreich
March 12, 2019
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A pair of mathematicians has built on an obscure, 30-year-old mathematical theory to show that soap-filmlike minimal surfaces appear abundantly in a wide range of shapes.

Photo of Tadashi Tokieda
Q&A

A Collector of Math and Physics Surprises

By Erica Klarreich
November 27, 2018
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Tadashi Tokieda discovers new physical phenomena by looking at the everyday world with the eyes of a child.

combinatorics

Mystery Math Whiz and Novelist Advance Permutation Problem

By Erica Klarreich
November 5, 2018
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A new proof from the Australian science fiction writer Greg Egan and a 2011 proof anonymously posted online are now being hailed as significant advances on a puzzle mathematicians have been studying for at least 25 years.

Photo of Urmila Mahadev
quantum computing

Graduate Student Solves Quantum Verification Problem

By Erica Klarreich
October 8, 2018
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Urmila Mahadev spent eight years in graduate school solving one of the most basic questions in quantum computation: How do you know whether a quantum computer has done anything quantum at all?

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number theory

Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjecture

By Erica Klarreich
September 20, 2018
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Two mathematicians have found what they say is a hole at the heart of a proof that has convulsed the mathematics community for nearly six years.

Photo illustration of Akshay Venkatesh
2018 Fields Medal and Nevanlinna Prize

A Number Theorist Who Bridges Math and Time

By Erica Klarreich
August 1, 2018
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Akshay Venkatesh, a former prodigy who struggled with the genius stereotype, has won a Fields Medal for his “profound contributions to an exceptionally broad range of subjects in mathematics.”


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