AvatarΠασχάλης Αποστολίδηςflipped into My MathFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThese 7 mathematical facts will blow your mindnewscientist.com - Timothy RevellIt will soon be 14 March and that means pi day. We like to mark this annual celebration of the great mathematical constant at New Scientist by …
AvatarΠασχάλης Αποστολίδηςflipped into My MathAvatarAvatar‘Entropy Bagels’ and Other Complex Structures Emerge From Simple RulesQuanta Magazine - Jordana CepelewiczSimple rules in simple settings continue to puzzle mathematicians, even as they devise intricate tools to analyze them. Repetition doesn’t always have …
AvatarΠασχάλης Αποστολίδηςflipped into My MathAvatarAvatarThe Year in MathQuanta Magazine - Konstantin KakaesLandmark results in Ramsey theory and a remarkably simple aperiodic tile capped a year of mathematical delight and discovery. Mathematical truths are …
AvatarΠασχάλης Αποστολίδηςflipped into My MathFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSimple Formula Makes Prime Numbers Easy, but a Million-Dollar Mystery Remainsscientificamerican.com - Manon BischoffWould you like to be a millionaire? There are several ways to fulfill this dream. For two decades the U.S. edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? …
AvatarΠασχάλης Αποστολίδηςflipped into ΦιλοσοφίαFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBertrand Russell: The Everyday Benefit of Philosophy Is That It Helps You Live with Uncertaintyopenculture.com - OCOn the strength of a few quotations and the popular lecture Why I am Not a Christian, philosopher Bertrand Russell has been characterized as a …
AvatarΠασχάλης Αποστολίδηςflipped into MEDICIN FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoOne-dose drug reduced genetic bad cholesterol by 94% for almost a yearverified_publishernewatlas.com - By Paul McClureResearchers have conducted the first human trials of a new drug, lepodisiran, and found that a single injection reduced lipoprotein(a) – a ‘bad’ …
AvatarΠασχάλης Αποστολίδηςflipped into ΦιλοσοφίαFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe “Nietzsche Thesis”: Why we don’t really care about truthbigthink.com - Jonny ThomsonAt the end of his life, Herman Melville (author of Moby-Dick) wrote a book called The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade. The novel is set aboard a …
AvatarΠασχάλης Αποστολίδηςflipped into My MathAvatarAvatarThe Hidden Connection That Changed Number TheoryQuanta Magazine - Max G. LevyQuadratic reciprocity lurks around many corners in mathematics. By proving it, number theorists reimagined their whole field. There are three kinds of …
AvatarΠασχάλης Αποστολίδηςflipped into My MathAvatarAvatarEchoes of Electromagnetism Found in Number TheoryQuanta Magazine - Kevin HartnettA new magnum opus posits the existence of a hidden mathematical link akin to the connection between electricity and magnetism. In 2018, as he prepared …
AvatarΠασχάλης Αποστολίδηςflipped into My ComputerFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTo Move Fast, Quantum Maze Solvers Must Forget the Pastscientificamerican.com - Ben BrubakerImagine you visit a maze with some friends. You emerge from the exit shortly after going in, and wait around for hours before your friends emerge. …
AvatarΠασχάλης Αποστολίδηςflipped into My MathFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWhat is the biggest number in the Universe?sciencefocus.com - Toby SaundersHere are the biggest named numbers in the world today. While it can be difficult to conceptualise a million of anything, it becomes harder still when …
AvatarΠασχάλης Αποστολίδηςflipped into My ComputerAvatarAvatarAlan Turing and the Power of Negative ThinkingQuanta Magazine - Ben BrubakerMathematical proofs based on a technique called diagonalization can be relentlessly contrarian, but they help reveal the limits of …