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New Book Uses Physical Reasoning to Solve Mathematical Problems
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Mark Levi, professor of mathematics at Penn State, has authored a book titled "The Mathematical Mechanic: Using Physical Reasoning to Solve Problems," soon to be published by Princeton University Press. The book, which is ...
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Mathematical models key to tracking gossip, terrorists
Dec 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to the Internet and online social networks (OSNs) news and gossip now spread literally like wildfire -- uncontrollably and seemingly without any order. But according to one Ryerson ...
Physicists see the cosmos in a coffee cup
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Duke University professor and his graduate student have discovered a universal principle that unites the curious interplay of light and shadow on the surface of your morning coffee with ...
Mathematic innovator Raoul Bott dies
Jan 09, 2006 |
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Raoul Bott, a mathematician who made innovative contributions to differential geometry and topology, has died at the age of 82.
Where mathematics and astrophysics meet
Jun 05, 2008 |
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The mathematicians were trying to extend an illustrious result in their field, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra. The astrophysicists were working on a fundamental problem in their field, the problem of gravitational ...
Goodbye to faulty software?
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 15, 2008 |
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Will it ever be possible to buy software guaranteed to be free from bugs? A team of European researchers think so. Their work on the mathematical foundations of programming could one day revolutionise the ...
A hidden twist in the black hole information paradox
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Professor Sam Braunstein, of the University of York's Department of Computer Science, and Dr Arun Pati, of the Institute of Physics, Sainik School, Bhubaneswar, India, have established that quantum information cannot be 'hidden' ...
Statistical road safety: 18th century math, 21st century road safety
Mar 27, 2009 |
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What possible connection could there be between an eighteenth century British Presbyterian minister and preventing road traffic accidents in Hartford, Connecticut. Everything, according to a report in the International Jo ...
Extreme appeal: voters trust extreme positions more than moderate ones, study finds
Aug 08, 2008 |
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Trying to appear moderate is not always the best strategy for capturing votes during an election, reveals a new study. Extreme positions can build trust among an electorate, who value ideological commitment in times of uncertainty.
NPR's 'Math Guy' explains changing nature of mathematical proof
Feb 20, 2006 |
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Keith Devlin is a consulting professor in Stanford's Mathematics Department and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Some biologists recognize his name because there's an extinct possum named ...
Mathematician wins Shaw Prize for prime numbers, symmetry unification
Sep 12, 2007 |
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Herchel Smith Professor of Mathematics Richard Taylor has been awarded the Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences for work that unified the diverse fields of prime numbers and symmetry.
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