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Blue numbers moving down an assembly line being picked up by mechanical claw hands.
combinatorics

From Systems in Motion, Infinite Patterns Appear

By Leila Sloman
December 5, 2022
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Mathematicians are finding inevitable structures in sufficiently large sets of integers.

Insights puzzle

The Math Behind Wordle Guesses

By Pradeep Mutalik
December 2, 2022
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Wordle is a word game. But you can use math to optimize your chances of winning (without cheating).

number theory

Mathematical Trio Advances Centuries-Old Number Theory Problem

By Erica Klarreich
November 29, 2022
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The work — the first-ever limit on how many whole numbers can be written as the sum of two cubed fractions — makes significant headway on “a recurring embarrassment for number theorists.”

neural networks

AI Reveals New Possibilities in Matrix Multiplication

By Ben Brubaker
November 23, 2022
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Inspired by the results of a game-playing neural network, mathematicians have been making unexpected advances on an age-old math problem.

Q&A

A Mathematician Dancing Between Algebra and Geometry

By Rachel Crowell
November 22, 2022
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Wei Ho, the first director of the Women and Mathematics program at the Institute for Advanced Study, combines algebra and geometry in her work on an ancient class of curves.

Quantized Academy

The Simple Geometry Behind Brownie Bake Offs and Equal Areas

By Patrick Honner
November 21, 2022
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Proving that two polygons have the same area can be as easy as cutting them up and rearranging the pieces.

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fluid dynamics

Computer Proof ‘Blows Up’ Centuries-Old Fluid Equations

By Jordana Cepelewicz
November 16, 2022
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For more than 250 years, mathematicians have wondered if the Euler equations might sometimes fail to describe a fluid’s flow. A new computer-assisted proof marks a major breakthrough in that quest.

A purple key drawn on a lattice of points.
explainers

How Cryptography’s Quantum-Safe Future Will Work

By Leila Sloman
November 9, 2022
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Lattice cryptography promises to protect secrets from the attacks of far-future quantum computers.

Svetlana Jitomirskaya in a blue shirt with her hands out.
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A Mathematician Who Fled to Freedom but Still Faces Doubts

By Jordana Cepelewicz
November 1, 2022
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Svetlana Jitomirskaya was born in Ukraine, but left the Soviet Union to escape sexism and antisemitism. Even though her work in mathematical physics has now been honored with one of the field’s top prizes, she finds herself still fighting old battles.


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