Math
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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Primal Progress: Pattern hunters spy order among prime numbers
The population of prime numbers includes an infinite collection of arithmetic progressions.
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Functions on Display
To mathematicians, the term “function” has a specific meaning. It’s a rule that assigns a fixed output for a given input; in effect, a formula. Among the most familiar functions are the sine and cosine functions of trigonometry. The Wolfram Functions Site offers a huge functions database, providing information about and visualizations of more then […]
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From Number Puzzles to Automata
A high school student plays with numbers and does an award-winning project elucidating the link between automata and divisibility.
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Riding on Square Wheels
A square wheel can roll smoothly if it travels over a roadway of the right geometric shape.
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Pinpointing Killer Asteroids
Two award-winning high school students' projects focused on new methods for pinpointing asteroids locations.
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Deriving the Structure of Numbers
A novel mathematical function called the number derivative offers new insights into the structure of integers.
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Mapping Scientific Frontiers
Can computer visualization help identify turning points and milestones in scientific discovery?
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Mining the Tagged Web
IBM's WebFountain project gathers and annotates Web content on a vast scale to serve as a platform for data miners.
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Toss Out the Toss-Up: Bias in heads-or-tails
Coin tossing is inherently biased, with the coin more likely to land on the same face it started on.
