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A New Approach to Multiplication Opens the Door to Better Quantum Computers

By Kevin Hartnett
April 24, 2019
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Quantum computers can’t selectively forget information. A new algorithm for multiplication shows a way around that problem.

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Mathematicians Discover the Perfect Way to Multiply

By Kevin Hartnett
April 11, 2019
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By chopping up large numbers into smaller ones, researchers have rewritten a fundamental mathematical speed limit.

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Cryptography That Is Provably Secure

By Kevin Hartnett
April 2, 2019
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Researchers have just released hacker-proof cryptographic code — programs with the same level of invincibility as a mathematical proof.

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Mathematical Simplicity May Drive Evolution’s Speed

By Jordana Cepelewicz
November 29, 2018
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Some researchers are using a complexity framework thought to be purely theoretical to understand evolutionary dynamics in biological and computational systems.

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The New Science of Seeing Around Corners

By Natalie Wolchover
August 30, 2018
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Computer vision researchers have uncovered a world of visual signals hiding in our midst, including subtle motions that betray what’s being said and faint images of what’s around a corner.

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Universal Method to Sort Complex Information Found

By Kevin Hartnett
August 13, 2018
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The nearest neighbor problem asks where a new point fits into an existing data set. A few researchers set out to prove that there was no universal way to solve it. Instead, they found such a way.

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2018 Fields Medal and Nevanlinna Prize

A Poet of Computation Who Uncovers Distant Truths

By Erica Klarreich
August 1, 2018
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The theoretical computer scientist Constantinos Daskalakis has won the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize for explicating core questions in game theory and machine learning.

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Finally, a Problem That Only Quantum Computers Will Ever Be Able to Solve

By Kevin Hartnett
June 21, 2018
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Computer scientists have been searching for years for a type of problem that a quantum computer can solve but that any possible future classical computer cannot. Now they’ve found one.

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A Classical Math Problem Gets Pulled Into the Modern World

By Kevin Hartnett
May 23, 2018
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A century ago, the great mathematician David Hilbert posed a probing question in pure mathematics. A recent advance in optimization theory is bringing Hilbert’s work into a world of self-driving cars.


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