Math
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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Math Meets the Simpsons
Over many years, the popular animated TV series The Simpsons has included numerous references to mathematics and even featured a mathematician as a character on the show. This Web site provides an episode-by-episode listing of references to math in The Simpsons, compiled by mathematicians Sarah J. Greenwald of Appalachian State University and Andrew Nestler of […]
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Surface Story
Mathematicians have zeroed in on a new type of minimal surface based on a double helix.
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Rating Researchers
A physicist has come up with a formula for characterizing a researcher's scientific output.
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Problems to Sharpen the Young
Medieval brainteasers have kept students and other people puzzled and entertained for centuries.
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Pentomino Pursuits
Pentominoes are flat shapes, or tiles, formed by joining together five unit squares. There are 12 different pentominoes. This set of simple geometrical objects has inspired a variety of puzzles and games, including the addictive pastime known as Tetris. The pentomino Web site, created by students of Belgian math teacher Odette De Meulemeester, provides all […]
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Ranking College Football Teams
Network math leads to an alternative, simpler ranking scheme for college football.
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Climbing a Watery Slope
A water-walking insect can propel itself up steep, slippery slopes without moving its legs.
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Pushing the Limit
Scientists are moving closer to constructing superefficient, noisefree data-transmission codes.
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Ask-a-Friend Marketplaces
If you ask enough friends, paying for answers to questions can help you get the answers you need from a social network.
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