Math Trek
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The ultimate poker face
Two professional poker players will take on a computer, and this year the computer could win.
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Accidental astrophysicists
MATH TREK: The mathematicians thought they'd just extended a fundamental result in algebra, but it turns out that they'd also proven a conjecture in astrophysics.
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Gender equality closes math gap
Research shows that the greater the gender equality in a country, the more equal the math scores between boys and girls.
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Communities of Communities of …
A new approach to network theory focusing on the subcommunities within networks may shed light on everything from food webs to terrorist cells. It may even act as an oracle, helping scientists identify connections within a network they haven’t yet seen.
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The squint method of data analysis
Mathematicians discover a Klein bottle hidden within the data underlying photographs
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Sensitivity to the harmony of things
The work of Alexandre Grothendieck has transformed math the way the Internet has transformed communication: Once you’re used to it, you can’t imagine what life was like before it.
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Still debating with Plato
Mathematicians debate whether mathematical truths are discovered or invented.
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The Noisy Game of Baseball
Predicting a baseball player's future batting average (and many other things) is not as simple as relying on past performance, mathematicians say.
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Creeping Up on Riemann
Theorists find the first example of an elusive complex function that just may help them solve the biggest problem in mathematics.
