The universe of problems that a computer can check has grown. The researchers’ secret ingredient? Quantum entanglement.
Mathematicians have found that materials conduct electricity when electrons follow a universal mathematical pattern.
Quantum computers can’t selectively forget information. A new algorithm for multiplication shows a way around that problem.
By chopping up large numbers into smaller ones, researchers have rewritten a fundamental mathematical speed limit.
Researchers have just released hacker-proof cryptographic code — programs with the same level of invincibility as a mathematical proof.
These games combine quantum entanglement, infinity and impossible-to-calculate winning probabilities. But if researchers can crack them, they’ll reveal deep mathematical secrets.
All descriptions of change are a unique blend of chance and determinism, according to the sweeping mathematical proof of the “weak Pinsker conjecture.”
A two-player game can reveal whether the universe has an infinite amount of complexity.
Recent progress on the “sum product” problem recalls a celebrated mathematical result that revealed the power of miniature number systems.