Collaborate Disseminate
Four mathematicians whose research covers areas like prime numbers and the packing of eight-dimensional spheres are the latest recipients of the Fields Medals, which are given out once every four years to some of the most accomplished mathematicians un… Continue reading Fields Medals in Mathematics Won by Four Under Age 40
Google Cloud developer advocate Emma Haruka Iwao and her colleagues say they’ve calculated Pi to 100 trillion digital decimal places. Engadget reports: Iwao and her team previously set the record in 2019 when they carried out a calculation to an accura… Continue reading Google Cloud Calculates Pi To 100 Trillion Digits
If we knew how much math goes into writing a video game, we might have paid more attention in math class. If you need a refresher, [Fletcher Dunn] and [Ian …read more Continue reading Book Teaches Gaming Math
Around here we mostly enjoy slide rules. We even have our own collections including some cylindrical and circular ones. But [Mathologer] discusses a recent Reddit post that explains a circular …read more Continue reading Rubber Band “Slide Rule” Doesn’t Slide, but Rotates
sciencehabit shares a report from Science.org: Addition and subtraction must be hard for fish, especially because they don’t have fingers to count on. But they can do it — albeit with small numbers — a new study reveals. By training the animals to us… Continue reading Fish Can Learn Basic Arithmetic
An anonymous Slashdot reader summarizes some important news from the web page of Jason Donenfeld (creator of the open-source VPN protocol WireGuard):
The Linux kernel’s random number generator has seen its first set of major improvements in over a dec… Continue reading Linux Random Number Generator Sees Major Improvements
Pamela Burdman, the executive director of Just Equations, a policy institute focused on the role of math in education equity, writes in an op-ed for Scientific American: All routes to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degrees run … Continue reading ‘To Keep Students in STEM fields, Let’s Weed Out the Weed-Out Math Classes’
You might not think that it would be possible to have a favorite optimization algorithm, but I do. And if you’re well-versed in the mathematical art of hill climbing, you …read more Continue reading Our Favorite Things: Binary Search
Pi day is here — 3/14. And to celebrate, NASA released their ninth annual NASA Pi Day Challenge — “some math problems related to current and future NASA missions.”
MIT Bloggers released a videogame-themed video to welcome the class of 202… Continue reading Pi Day 2022 Has Begun
As Ukrainian researchers have feared for their lives and careers after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, mathematicians have been grappling over what to do about a prominent mathematical conference that was set to be held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in Ju… Continue reading Mathematicians Protest Russia Hosting Major Conference