Mathematics News
That figures: Professor who had to work at Subway dazzles world of maths after solving centuries-old prime number riddle
A university professor who was forced to work at Subway when he couldn't find a job as an academic has solved a prime number riddle that has puzzled the best mathematical brains for centuries.
Tue 21 May 13 from The Independent
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Unlocking secret lives of bubbles yields perfect foam
Bubbles are messy to model since their behaviour changes with size – a model that copes with this has led to the best foam simulation yet
Thu 9 May 13 from Newscientist
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Symmetry study deemed a fraud
University finds evidence of fakery in Jamaican dance data.
Fri 3 May 13 from Nature News
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Kenneth Appel dies, used computer on map question
Kenneth Appel, a mathematician who was the first to use a computer to prove a century-old major mathematical theorem, has died at age 80 in Dover, N.H.
Mon 29 Apr 13 from Phys.org
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Mathematical genius dies
Shakuntala Devi, an Indian mathematical wizard known as "the human computer" has died in Bangalore, India. She was 83. read more
Fri 26 Apr 13 from TG Daily
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Big brains at Google celebrate Leonhard Euler - Swiss mathematician considered one of the greatest of all time - with Google Doodle
Google has paid tribute to Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler marking the 306th anniversary of his birth with an interactive Google Doodle.
Mon 15 Apr 13 from The Independent
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Life of 3.14159...
BERNIE'S BASICS: Some of the most complex equations in science sport a familiar symbol from childhood - Pi. But what has 3.14159 got to do with general relativity and quantum physics?
Tue 12 Mar 13 from ABC Science
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Crick DNA Nobel medal gets $2 million at auction
CEO of Chinese regenerative medicine company claims highest bid.
Thu 11 Apr 13 from Nature News
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The World Loses Its Great Fractal Mind, Benoit Mandelbrot, at 85
The world is not smooth, made of perfect spheres and unbroken lines. Its ...
Mon 18 Oct 10 from Discover Magazine
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The Physics of The Flower’s Bloom
While wandering lonely as a cloud, William Wordsworth should have stopped to wonder how those daffodils bloomed. Not content to just watch flowers dance in the breeze, Harvard physicists have ...
Tue 22 Mar 11 from Wired Science
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