Math
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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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.
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Humanitarian Statistics
From Iraq to Sierra Leone to New Orleans, statistical tools help guide responses to human rights crises.
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Sacred Geometry
Beginning in the 17th century, the Japanese adorned temples with beautiful wooden tablets that depicted mathematical questions and theorems, apparently as offerings to the gods.
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Spoil-Proofing Elections
The only way to ensure that the person the voters prefer walks away the winner, mathematicians say, is to fundamentally change voting procedures.
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The Geometry of Music
Music is an audible exploration of hyperdimensional geometries, according to new research.
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A Mathematical Tragedy
Sophie Germain had a bold program to prove Fermat's Last Theorem, but it was doomed to fail.
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An Attack on Fermat
The first female research mathematician had a program to solve Fermat's Last Theorem, and it was almost lost to history.
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The Grammy in Mathematics
Mathematician nominated for award for restoring the only known recording of a live Woody Guthrie performance.
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Getting Old, Faster and Faster
The world population is aging fast, but is still younger than we tend to think.
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Benjamin Franklin Plays Sudoku
Founding father entertained himself devising beautiful mathematical puzzles.
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Checking It Twice
Election officials have had no practical way to guarantee a correct ballot count—until now.
