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A Design Dilemma Solved, Minus Designs

By Erica Klarreich
June 9, 2015
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A 150-year-old conundrum about how to group people has been solved, but many puzzles remain.

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Will Computers Redefine the Roots of Math?

By Kevin Hartnett
May 19, 2015
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The Fields medalist Vladimir Voevodsky has died at 51. This 2015 article describes his computer-aided quest to eliminate human error and rewrite the century-old rules underlying all of mathematics.

Mathematics

For Persi Diaconis’ Next Magic Trick …

By Erica Klarreich
April 14, 2015
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A mathematician who has analyzed card shuffling for decades is tackling one final nemesis: “smooshing.”

Mathematics

A Grand Theory of Wrinkles

By Sarah Lewin
April 8, 2015
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A collaboration between mechanical engineers and mathematicians has revealed universal rules for how wrinkles form.

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After Prime Proof, an Unlikely Star Rises

By Thomas Lin
April 2, 2015
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Two years ago, Yitang Zhang was virtually unknown. Now his surprise solution to a major problem in number theory has catapulted him to mathematical stardom. Where does he go from here?

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Mathematicians Chase Moonshine’s Shadow

By Erica Klarreich
March 12, 2015
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Researchers are on the trail of a mysterious connection between number theory, algebra and string theory.

astrophysics

Strange Stars Pulse to the Golden Mean

By Natalie Wolchover
March 10, 2015
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Nature has revealed peculiar mathematical objects that connect order and chaos.

theoretical physics

In Fake Universes, Evidence for String Theory

By Natalie Wolchover
February 18, 2015
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If string theorists can show that their framework is the only consistent theory of quantum gravity, does that make it true even without tangible evidence?

Mathematics

A Proof That Some Spaces Can’t Be Cut

By Kevin Hartnett
January 13, 2015
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Mathematicians have solved the century-old triangulation conjecture, a major problem in topology that asks whether all spaces can be subdivided into smaller units.


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