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By extending the scope of a key insight behind Fermat’s Last Theorem, four mathematicians have made great strides toward ...
Einstein’s theory of relativity is held together by deterministic math, which requires the excluded middle as a concept.
If the World Science Festival's panel on string theory tackled the question of whether the math behind it could be a reliable guide to reality, its panel on the Limits of Understanding seemed to ...
The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, connects quantum ...
String theory is perhaps the most high-profile candidate for what physicists call a theory of everything – a single ...
Why math? JHU mathematician on teaching, theory, and the value of math in a modern world Q+A with Richard Brown, director of undergraduate studies in Johns Hopkins University's Department of ...
Despite the greatest strides in mathematics, these hard math problems remain unsolved. Take a crack at them yourself.
Complexity theory remains one of the great unsolved mathematical puzzles. Kenneth Regan is trying to figure it out.
Experts at Strategy + Business review some of the recent writings on the evolving concept of networks and network standards and how our lives are being shaped by that thinking.