Tag Archives:: matemáticas
How Physics Found a Geometric Structure for Math to Play With
Symplectic geometry is a relatively new field with implications for much of modern mathematics. Here’s what it’s all about. […]
Mathematicians Will Never Stop Proving the Prime Number Theorem
Why do mathematicians enjoy proving the same results in different ways? […]
What Is an Individual? Biology Seeks Clues in Information Theory.
To recognize strange extraterrestrial life and solve biological mysteries on this planet, scientists are searching for an objective definition for life’s basic units. […]
Mª Ángeles García Ferrero, premio José Luis Rubio de Francia
Se licenció en Física, pero sus ecuaciones para describir la evolución del calor le han llevado a ganar uno de los premios más prestigiosos para los jóvenes matemáticos de nuestro país. Ahora trabaja en el Instituto de Matemática Aplicada de […]
How Gödel’s Proof Works
His incompleteness theorems destroyed the search for a mathematical theory of everything. Nearly a century later, we’re still coming to grips with the consequences. […]
The mathematical strategy that could transform coronavirus testing
Four charts show how pooling samples from many people can save time or resources. […]
The Math of Social Distancing Is a Lesson in Geometry
How to safely reopen offices, schools and other public spaces while keeping people six feet apart comes down to a question mathematicians have been studying for centuries. […]
How and Why Computers Roll Loaded Dice
Researchers are one step closer to injecting probability into deterministic machines. […]
Recomendaciones de un matemático para el verano
Lecturas, juegos y retos para poner en forma la cabeza mientras descansamos […]
A guide to R — the pandemic’s misunderstood metric
What the reproduction number can and can’t tell us about managing COVID-19. […]