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Ice-ray patterns: A rediscovery of past design for the future

March 20, 2024 Phys Org

Chinese ice-ray lattice, or “binglie” as it is called in Chinese, is an intricate pattern that looks like cracked ice and is a common decorative element used in traditional Chinese window designs.This article was originally […]

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‘I had such fun!’, says winner of top math prize

March 20, 2024 Phys Org

For Michel Talagrand, who won the Abel mathematics prize on Wednesday, math provided a fun life free from all constraints—and an escape from the eye problems he suffered as a child.This article was originally published […]

Math

What’s Pi Day all about? Math, science, pies and more

March 14, 2024 Phys Org

Math enthusiasts around the world, from college kids to rocket scientists, celebrate Pi Day on Thursday, which is March 14 or 3/14—the first three digits of an infinite number with many practical uses.This article was […]

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Paper offers a mathematical approach to modeling a random walker moving across a random landscape

March 13, 2024 Phys Org

Tiny particles like pollen grains move constantly, pushed and pulled by environmental forces. To study this motion, physicists use a “random walk” model—a system in which every step is determined by a random process. Random […]

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How do neural networks learn? A mathematical formula explains how they detect relevant patterns

March 12, 2024 Phys Org

Neural networks have been powering breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, including the large language models that are now being used in a wide range of applications, from finance, to human resources to health care. But these […]

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NASA Pi Day challenge serves up a mathematical marvel

March 8, 2024 Phys Org

March 14 marks the annual celebration of the mathematical constant pi, aka the Greek letter π. Its infinite number of digits is usually rounded to 3.14, hence the date of Pi Day. For some people, […]

Math

Drawings of mathematical problems predict their resolution

March 7, 2024 Phys Org

A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), in collaboration with CY Cergy Paris University (CYU) and University of Burgundy (uB), have analyzed drawings made by children and adults when solving simple problems. The scientists […]

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New statistical tool to distinguish shared and unique features in data from different sources

March 1, 2024 Phys Org

When facing a daunting dataset, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), known as PCA, can help distill complexity by finding a few meaningful features that explain the most significant proportion of the data variance.This article was originally […]

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Mathematicians prove Pólya’s conjecture for the eigenvalues of a disk, a 70-year-old math problem

March 1, 2024 Phys Org

Is it possible to deduce the shape of a drum from the sounds it makes? This is the kind of question that Iosif Polterovich, a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Université […]

Math

Anyone can play Tetris, but architects, engineers and animators alike use the math concepts underlying the game

February 28, 2024 Phys Org

With its bright colors, easy-to-learn rules and familiar music, the video game Tetris has endured as a pop culture icon over the last 40 years. Many people, like me, have been playing the game for […]

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