Tag: Mathematical
Black Hole Mergers Show Strange Mathematical Link to String Theory
A decade ago astrophysicists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), operated by the California Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of...
Mathematical Symbols’ Wild History Explained
War in Europe is a staple topic in the study of history, but there’s one major conflict most history books won’t teach you—the...
In Seattle, a Meeting of 5,444 Mathematical Minds
The world’s largest gathering of mathematicians convened in Seattle from Jan. 8 to Jan. 11 — 5,444 mathematicians, 3,272 talks. This year the...
The 7 Coolest Mathematical Discoveries of 2024
December 12, 20243 min readThe 7 Coolest Mathematical Discoveries of 2024Unsolvable problems, many-dimensional wheels and new prime numbers are among new mathematical discoveries...