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Mathematicians are closing in on the hidden order inside chaos
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (436+ words) A new breakthrough pushes the limits of randomness, bringing a decades-old mathematical mystery closer to resolution By Sam Macdonald edited by Joseph Howlett & Lee Billings Bradač’s work looked at Ramsey numbers, which tell mathematicians exactly how large a graph can…...
Mathematicians still don’t know the fastest way to multiply numbers
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (321+ words) A 23-year-old student overturned an ancient conjecture about one of math’s simplest operations By Jack Murtagh edited by Jeanna Bryner In this simple example, let’s calculate 12 × 34. First, we split both numbers into their tens and ones digits. Assign a = 1 and…...
How underappreciated mathematician Emmy Noether helped prove physics' most fundamental theories
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (434+ words) Noether's work helped prove the conservation of energy in physics, a key foundation for Einstein's theory of relativity By Manon Bischoff edited by Daisy Yuhas Portrait of Emmy Noether around 1900. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Physicists Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein…...