Math Trek
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Mathematics by collaboration
The Polymath project harnesses the power of the Internet to use massive collaboration to solve a major problem in record time
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The four color problem gets a sharp new hue
Mathematicians find new answers to the still puzzling theorem that four colors suffice to color any map.
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Mathematician answers Supreme Court plea
New, fair method for dividing states into congressional districts could reduce political squabbles.
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Darwin: The reluctant mathematician
Despite disliking mathematics, the great biologist inadvertently advanced statistics.
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The happiness virus
Two studies apply social networking ideas to data from health studies of thousands of people, and suggest different interpretations of how contagious happiness or other experiences can be.
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Traveler’s Dilemma: When it’s smart to be dumb
Some game theory paradoxes can be resolved by assuming that people adopt multiple personae, and aren’t rational.
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Florence Nightingale: The passionate statistician
Florence Nightingale pioneered the use of applied statistics to develop policy and developed novel ways of displaying them.
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How to (really) trust a mathematical proof
Mathematicians develop computer proof-checking systems in order to realize long-sought dreams of fully precise, accurate mathematics.
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Unknotting knot theory
New techniques are beginning to unravel the mysteries of knots, revealing a great mathematical superstructure in the process.
