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Australian mathematicians have proven the famous “infinite monkey theorem” impossible within the universe’s lifespan. The theorem suggests monkeys typing randomly would eventually produce Shakespeare’s complete works. Scientists Stephen Woodcock and Ja… Continue reading Australian Mathematicians Debunk ‘Infinite Monkey Theorem’
Former Nvidia engineer Luke Durant, working with the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), recently discovered the largest known prime number: (2^136,279,841)-1 or M136279841 (where the number following the letter M represents the exponent). Th… Continue reading Former Nvidia Engineer Discovers 41-Million-Digit Prime
Theoretical Physicist Jacques Treiner, from the University of Paris Cite, explains why you should run in the rain: … Let p represent the number of drops per unit volume, and let a denote their vertical velocity. We’ll denote Sh as the horizontal surf… Continue reading Physicist Reveals Why You Should Run in The Rain
Apple’s latest iOS update has removed the “C” button from its Calculator app, replacing it with a backspace function. The change, part of iOS 18, has sparked debate among users accustomed to the traditional clear function. The removal of the “C” button… Continue reading A Calculator’s Most Important Button Has Been Removed
chalsall writes: After more than six years of work since the last discovery, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has found the 52nd known Mersenne Prime number. This is also the largest prime number known to humans.
The number is 2^136,2… Continue reading 52nd Known Mersenne Prime Found
Researchers at BitEnergy AI, Inc. have developed Linear-Complexity Multiplication (L-Mul), a technique that reduces AI model power consumption by up to 95% by replacing energy-intensive floating-point multiplications with simpler integer additions. Thi… Continue reading Researchers Claim New Technique Slashes AI Energy Use By 95%
Research by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, published on Tuesday, indicates that professional economic forecasters tend to overestimate their accuracy in long-term predictions while underestimating their short-term precision.
The study, which a… Continue reading Are Professional Forecasters Overconfident?
The United States has claimed victory at the International Mathematical Olympiad in Chiang Mai, Thailand, marking its first win in over two decades. The competition, which pitted top-ranked high school math students from more than 100 countries against… Continue reading US Wins Math Olympiad For First Time In 21 Years
The Rubik’s Cube turns 50 this year, but it’s far from retiring. At a recent San Francisco conference, math buffs and puzzle fans celebrated the enduring appeal of Erno Rubik’s invention, reports The New York Times. With a mind-boggling 43 quintillion … Continue reading The Rubik’s Cube Turns 50
“It turns out that mathematicians actually can’t agree on the definition of what makes two things equal, and that could cause some headaches for computer programs that are increasingly being used to check mathematical proofs,” writes Clare Watson via S… Continue reading Mathematician Reveals ‘Equals’ Has More Than One Meaning In Math