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Elise LePage: How String Theory Leads to Beautiful Mathematics
4+ week, 2+ day ago (406+ words) Junior Fellow Elise LePage of the Simons Society of Fellows turns intuition from theoretical physics into new mathematics. String theory provides an avenue for uniting quantum physics and gravity, but it remains highly speculative. The theory predicts that the universe…...
Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Universal Statistics in Number Theory
4+ week, 2+ day ago (128+ words) The new collaboration will explore randomness and correlations in number theory, tackling problems related to the Riemann zeta function, prime numbers and other major questions in the field. The new Simons Collaboration on Universal Statistics in Number Theory will apply…...
Second Class of Simons Dissertation Fellows in Mathematics Announced
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (272+ words) Established in memory of Simons Foundation co-founder Jim Simons, these fellowships support research from exceptional graduate students in mathematics. The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the latest recipients of its Simons Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematics. This program was created…...
New Simons Collaboration Will Explore Discrete Subgroups of Lie Groups
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (357+ words) Mathematician Yair Minsky will direct the collaboration’s work studying the mathematical structures, which are invaluable to modern physics. The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the Simons Collaboration on Discrete Subgroups of Lie Groups led by Yair…...