What is a curve?
If our bird from last week were enclosed in a glass cage, with air entering and exiting only from above, ...
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The art of folding maps
A map folded like a paper airplane.Alamy Stock PhotoIf we multiply the sides of the DIN A0 sheet, the origin ...
The precise kiss
The coordinates of any point (P) of a circle whose center coincides with the point of intersection of the axes ...
A French researcher who recognizes that no one understands his work wins the 'Nobel' in Mathematics
Michel Talagrand. PETER BADGE / TYPOS1/ ABEL PRIZE "The common theme of Michel Talagrand's discoveries is working with and understanding ...
The mathematicians who broke the barriers of geometry, Frontiers of Knowledge award
Wednesday, February 14, 2024, 11:21 | Updated 3:50 p.m. Comment Copy link WhatsApp Facebook x LinkedIn Telegram «When the borders ...
The tower and the hypercube
In a trivial tower of Hanoi with two discs, A and B, as we saw last week, the sequence of ...
Mathematics to understand brain asymmetry
Many advances in neuroscience came thanks to careful mathematical analysis. For example, Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley used differential equations ...
Students with better socioeconomic status get an advantage of two courses in Mathematics
Monday, January 29, 2024, 00:44 Comment Copy link WhatsApp Facebook x LinkedIn Telegram Parents with university studies and liberal professionals, ...
2024 and tetrahedral numbers
Tetahedron of stacked spheresCarlo FrabettiI have to start by correcting an omission: last week I talked about 2024 and square ...
The mathematics of 24
Astronomical clock in St. Mark's Square in Venice.Perseomed (Getty Images/iStockphoto)To enter 2024 without unfinished business, let's start by seeing the ...
