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Far from being an abstract mathematical curiosity, knot theory has driven many findings in math and beyond. Quanta magazine: Knot theory began as an attempt to understand the fundamental makeup of the universe. In 1867, when scientists were eagerly try… Continue reading Why Mathematicians Study Knots
[Henry Segerman] and [Kyle VanDeventer] merge math and mechanics to create a kinetic cyclic scissors sculpture out of 3D printed bars adjoined together with M3 bolts and nuts. The kinetic …read more Continue reading Kinetic Cyclic Scissors
U.S. students in most states and across almost all demographic groups have experienced troubling setbacks in both math and reading, according to an authoritative national exam released on Monday, offering the most definitive indictment yet of the pande… Continue reading Math Scores Fell In Nearly Every State, Reading Dipped On National Exam
Last week, DeepMind announced it discovered a more efficient way to perform matrix multiplication, conquering a 50-year-old record. This week, two Austrian researchers at Johannes Kepler University Linz claim they have bested that new record by one ste… Continue reading DeepMind Breaks 50-Year Math Record Using AI; New Record Falls a Week Later
“After 433 gamblers won a lottery drawing in the Philippines last weekend, people across the country debated a thorny question,” reports the New York Times. “At what point does randomness begin to look a little too much like a racket?”
Some Filipinos … Continue reading 433 People Won the Philippines Lottery. Was it Luck – or Cheating?
Saul Kripke, a math prodigy and pioneering logician whose revolutionary theories on language qualified him as one of the 20th century’s greatest philosophers, died on Sept. 15 in Plainsboro, N.J. He was 81. The New York Times reports: His death, at Pen… Continue reading Saul Kripke, Philosopher Who Found Truths In Semantics, Dies At 81
Chinese authorities have punished 27 people over the publication of a maths textbook that went viral over its “tragically ugly” illustrations. The Guardian reports: A months-long investigation by a ministry of education working group found the books we… Continue reading China Punishes 27 People Over ‘Tragically Ugly’ Illustrations In Maths Textbook
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: A new study corrects an important error in the 3D mathematical space developed by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Erwin Schrodinger and others, and used by scientists and industry for more than 100 y… Continue reading A New Study Overturns 100-Year-Old Understanding of Color Perception
Steve Nadis, reporting for Quanta Magazine: In 1963, the mathematician Roy Kerr found a solution to Einstein’s equations that precisely described the space-time outside what we now call a rotating black hole. (The term wouldn’t be coined for a few more… Continue reading At Long Last, Mathematical Proof That Black Holes Are Stable
If you had the traditional engineering education, you’ve made your peace with calculus. If you haven’t, you may have learned it on your own, but for many people, calculus has …read more Continue reading Calculus Made Easy in the Car