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Where Proof, Evidence and Imagination Intersect

By Patrick Honner
March 14, 2019
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In mathematics, where proofs are everything, evidence is important too. But evidence is only as good as the model, and modeling can be dangerous business. So how much evidence is enough?

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Unscrambling the Hidden Secrets of Superpermutations

By Patrick Honner
January 16, 2019
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A science fiction novelist and an internet commenter made breakthroughs on a longstanding problem about the number of ways you can arrange a set of items. What did they discover?

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The (Imaginary) Numbers at the Edge of Reality

By Patrick Honner
October 25, 2018
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Odd enough to potentially model the strangeness of the physical world, complex numbers with “imaginary” components are rooted in the familiar.

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In the Ticking of the Embryonic Clock, She Finds Answers

By Jordana Cepelewicz
October 15, 2018
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Renee Reijo Pera has spent decades uncovering how the timing of embryonic development contributes to health and disease.

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How Network Math Can Help You Make Friends

By Patrick Honner
August 20, 2018
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Studying the structure of existing friendships in your community can help you forge the best connections when forming a new circle of friends.

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Four Is Not Enough

By Patrick Honner
June 18, 2018
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How many colors do you need to color an infinite plane so that no points 1 unit apart are the same color?

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Why Winning in Rock-Paper-Scissors (and in Life) Isn’t Everything

By Patrick Honner
April 2, 2018
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What does John Nash’s game theory equilibrium concept look like in Rock-Paper-Scissors?

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How Math (and Vaccines) Keep You Safe From the Flu

By Patrick Honner
February 5, 2018
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Simple math shows how widespread vaccination can disrupt the exponential spread of disease and prevent epidemics.

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The (Math) Problem With Pentagons

By Patrick Honner
December 11, 2017
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Triangles fit effortlessly together, as do squares. When it comes to pentagons, what gives?


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