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A Plan to Address the World’s Challenges With Math
...the world a better place. Will the mathematicians involved with Mathematics for Humanity be more on the pure math or applied math side? Even among mathematicians, I think there’s a...
How Can Math Protect Our Data?
...is in math, and there’s a lot of really beautiful mathematics that goes on with error-correcting codes, but now I’m in a computer science department and electrical engineering department. There’s...
In Math, Rigor Is Vital. But Are Digitized Proofs Taking It Too Far?
The quest to make mathematics rigorous has a long and spotty history — one mathematicians can learn from as they push to formalize everything in the computer program Lean. In...
The Math Behind Gerrymandering and Wasted Votes
...assembly district map, mathematicians are on the front lines in the fight for electoral fairness. Simple math can help scheming politicians draw up districts that give their party outsize influence,...
Neutrinos Lead to Unexpected Discovery in Basic Math
...of mathematics,” posted a paper online reporting the new formula. Their paper is now under review by Communications in Mathematical Physics. In a separate paper submitted to the Journal of...
Math After COVID-19
...now deserted. Mathematicians rely on face-to-face interaction and close communication to produce new mathematics. With social distancing in place, that’s not really possible. Like most math conferences, Oberwolfach’s weekly retreats...
Think of a Number. How Do Math Magicians Know What It Is?
...Carroll was an Oxford mathematician and avid puzzler, whose math puzzles have entertained many mathematicians, including the famous Terence Tao. Puzzle 1 This magic trick is designed for a child...
Google Researcher, Long Out of Math, Cracks Devilish Problem About Sets
Google Researcher, Long Out of Math, Cracks Problem About Sets On nights and weekends, Justin Gilmer attacked an old question in pure math using the tools of information theory. In...
The Surprisingly Simple Math Behind Puzzling Matchups
...is never this straightforward. But from a purely mathematical standpoint, this argument has some appeal. It uses an important idea in mathematics known as transitivity, a familiar property that allows...