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Erica Klarreich

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Graduate Student Solves Decades-Old Conway Knot Problem

By Erica Klarreich
May 19, 2020
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It took Lisa Piccirillo less than a week to answer a long-standing question about a strange knot discovered over half a century ago by the legendary John Conway.

Langlands program

‘Amazing’ Math Bridge Extended Beyond Fermat’s Last Theorem

By Erica Klarreich
April 6, 2020
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Mathematicians have figured out how to expand the reach of a mysterious bridge connecting two distant continents in the mathematical world.

Multimedia

What Is the Geometry of the Universe?

By Erica Klarreich +1 authors
Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
March 16, 2020
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In our mind’s eye, the universe seems to go on forever. But using geometry we can explore a variety of three-dimensional shapes that offer alternatives to “ordinary” infinite space.

combinatorics

Decades-Old Computer Science Conjecture Solved in Two Pages

By Erica Klarreich
July 25, 2019
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The “sensitivity” conjecture stumped many top computer scientists, yet the new proof is so simple that one researcher summed it up in a single tweet.

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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.

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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.

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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.


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