Mathematics :: Scientists Canvas

Mathematician Claims Proof of Connection between Prime Numbers, ABC Conjecture.
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Mathematically detecting bubbles before they burst

[physorg.com]

Oct 31, 2011

Mathematically detecting bubbles before they burst.
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Pi Computed To 10 Trillion Digits

[science.slashdot.org]

Oct 17, 2011

Pi Computed To 10 Trillion Digits.
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Rolf Schock Prize awarded for largest mathematical proof

Sep 09, 2011

Rolf Schock Prize awarded for largest mathematical proof.
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Automatic Shuffling Turns Predictable

Jul 22, 2011

After hiring statisticians from Stanford to check the randomness of their automatic card shuffling machines, the president of the company responded "We are not pleased with your conclusions, but we believe them and that's what we hired you for."

Jun 20, 2011

Mathematics in the field of fractal mechanics and hyperbolic geometry were not even a twinkle in M.C. Escher's eyes when he started his dive into his amazing art. As the subjects have matured, scientists are now able to not only extend his art, but interpolate their own.

Proving The Collatz Conjecture

Jun 03, 2011

Follow these easy steps:

Pick any number. Any number at all.
If it's even, divide it by two.
If it's odd, multiply by 3 and add one.
If the resulting number does not equal 1, goto line 1 using your previous result as your new number.

The Collatz conjecture says that the above statement is true, though so far there has been no official proof of such a statement. It appears we are on the brink of bringing this mathematical anomaly to a close.

Largest DNA Calculator Yet Created

[wired.com]

Jun 03, 2011

Using biological systems to create logic gates has been a practice used for quite some time already; however, scientists from Caltech have taken it a step further and are now stacking multiple gates on one another. The result: building an organic calculating machine.

Codebreaking: A Puzzling Enigma

May 25, 2011

New Scientist has a fun article up right now about the science and history behind code breaking.

Shortest Route? Ask Your Cells!

[wired.com]

Apr 11, 2011

The Travelling Salesman problem has been pondered for years, and there's even a 1 million dollar reward for anyone who can solve it, or prove it cannot be solved! Mathematical biologist Andy Reynolds has recently published some work to show how White Blood Cells tend to "follow their noses" along a chemical gradient to solve the problem efficiently (in reference to fighting infection.)