New Algorithm Provides Huge Speedups For Optimization Problems (mit.edu)
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Tracing the Limits of Computation
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The Handheld Analog Computer That Made the Atomic Bomb
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Ada Lovelace and Her Legacy
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samzenpus
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· 139 comments
Machine Learning Could Solve Economists' Math Problem
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· 157 comments
John Conway: All Play and No Work For a Genius
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· 55 comments
Ten Dropbox Engineers Build BSD-licensed, Lossless 'Pied Piper' Compression Algorithm
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How Weather Modeling Gets Better
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The Connoisseur of Number Sequences
Using Math To Tune a Video Game's Economy
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For the Love of the Analytics of the Game: Before Beane, There Was AVM Systems
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Turning a Nail Polish Disaster Into a Teachable Math Moment
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· 126 comments
Quantum Gravity Will Be Just Fine Without String Theory
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A Beautiful Mind Mathematician John F. Nash Jr. Dies
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John Urschel: The 300 Pound Mathematician Who Hits People For a Living
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NFL Releases Deflategate Report
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Mandelbrot Zooms Now Surpass the Scale of the Observable Universe
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· 157 comments
Can High Intelligence Be a Burden Rather Than a Boon?
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Magician Turned Professor Talks About the Math Behind Shuffling Cards
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Pi Day Extraordinaire
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· 107 comments
Number of Legal 18x18 Go Positions Computed; 19x19 On the Horizon
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· 186 comments
Statistical Mechanics Finds Best Places To Hide During Zombie Apocalypse
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Ancient and Modern People Followed Same Mathematical Rule To Build Cities
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· 81 comments
Interviews: Ask Stephen Wolfram a Question
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· 210 comments
The Mathematical Case For Buying a Powerball Ticket
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· posted by
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