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Svitlana Mayboroda
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Mathematicians Tame Rogue Waves, Lighting Up Future of LEDs

By Kevin Hartnett
August 22, 2017
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The mathematician Svitlana Mayboroda and collaborators have figured out how to predict the behavior of electrons — a mathematical discovery that could have immediate practical effects.

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applied math

How to Quantify (and Fight) Gerrymandering

By Erica Klarreich
April 4, 2017
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Powerful new quantitative tools are now available to combat partisan bias in the drawing of voting districts.

Quantized Columns

Using Mathematics to Repair a Masterpiece

By Ingrid Daubechies
September 29, 2016
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The author shows how new mathematical techniques can be used to revitalize a 650-year-old work of art.

Quantized Columns

Big Data’s Mathematical Mysteries

By Ingrid Daubechies
December 3, 2015
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Machine learning works spectacularly well, but mathematicians aren’t quite sure why.

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A ‘Rebel’ Without a Ph.D.

By Thomas Lin
March 26, 2014
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A conversation with the mathematical physicist Freeman Dyson on quantum electrodynamics, climate change and his latest pet project.

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A New Tool to Help Mathematicians Pack

By Natalie Wolchover
December 20, 2013
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Improvements in how densely spheres and other shapes can be packed together could lead to advances in materials science, deep space communication and theoretical physics.


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