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Lakshmi Chandrasekaran

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How Ancient War Trickery Is Alive in Math Today

By Lakshmi Chandrasekaran
September 14, 2021
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Legend says the Chinese military once used a mathematical ruse to conceal its troop numbers. The technique relates to many deep areas of modern math research.

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Lakshmi Chandrasekaran received her doctorate in mathematical sciences from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She earned her master’s in science journalism with a health and science writing concentration from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She is a freelance science writer whose work has appeared in Plus Magazine, Astronomy, Science News and SIAM News, among other publications.

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