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Erica Klarreich

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Privacy by the Numbers: A New Approach to Safeguarding Data

By Erica Klarreich
December 10, 2012
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A mathematical technique called “differential privacy” gives researchers access to vast repositories of personal data while meeting a high standard for privacy protection.

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Getting Into Shapes: From Hyperbolic Geometry to Cube Complexes and Back

By Erica Klarreich
October 2, 2012
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Thirty years after William Thurston articulated a grand mathematical vision, a proof by Ian Agol marks the end of an era in the study of three-dimensional shapes.


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