Math Trek
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Beer bubble math
The rate of change of bubble volume. If this quantity is positive, the bubble will grow; if it’s negative, it will shrink. A constant that depends on the temperature and the specific gas in the foam. (The foam on top of a glass of Guinness lasts unusually long because Guinness uses nitrogen in addition to […]
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Outstanding, superlinear cities
By a new mathematical method, New York City proves average and San Francisco exceptional.
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Winning the World Series with math
A nearly circular path could be the fastest way to home plate.
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Crowdsourcing peer review
MATH TREK: A claimed proof that P≠NP spurs a massive collaborative research effort.
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The pattern collector
Neil Sloane's Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences outgrows its creator.
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When intuition and math probably look wrong
A twist on the Two Children Problem shows how information can steer what looks probable.
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‘Discounting’ the future cost of climate change
Economists develop new methods to quantify the trade-off between spending now and spending later.
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Million-dollar math prize awarded, but not necessarily accepted
The reclusive mathematician who proved the Poincaré conjecture may or may not claim his prize.
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The mutual inspiration of art and mathematics
Economics, origami and other fields trigger new and original creations.
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Teaching a computer to spot a bogus Bruegel
Mathematicians apply a technique from vision research to find fake art.
