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Outrageous behaviour among mathematicians
In the ‘calculus wars’ Britain claimed it was invented by Newton, while the Germans insisted it was Leibniz
The Rosetta Stone many believe holds key to essential nature of maths
That’s Maths: Langlands program one of most ambitious efforts to unify different branches
Earth system models simulate the changing climate
We must find ways to minimise or avoid further damage to the atmosphere and oceans
That’s Maths: The social side of mathematics
The IMS deals with high level stuff, but an opening exists for a group catering to the layperson
Former Eircom finance director Peter Lynch dies aged 63
The one-time stockbroker from Belfast was considered dynamic and gregarious
Phantom traffic jams are all too real
Decreasing average speed of traffic can increase overall flow volume
To infinity and beyond: trying to figure out number systems
That’s Maths: Construction of set of numbers inspired by conception of physical world
Kalman filters have applications from moon to motorway
That’s Maths: Rudolph Kalman’s method is almost ideal to calculate velocity changes
The simple arithmetic triangle is full of surprises
Easy to construct, and always a chance of finding something never seen before
How does the much-maligned Euclid’s Elements relate to coronavirus?
Analysis suggests part of the coronavirus has the structure of a truncated octahedron
How to improve weather predictions by reducing precision
That’s Maths: Decimal points come with costs that may not fine-tune ensemble forecasts
Entropy and the relentless drift from order to chaos
It is all too evident in everyday life: a broken egg cannot be put together again
Was space weather the cause of the Titanic disaster?
That’s Maths: Ship’s impact with iceberg could, arguably, have been avoided
Making the best of waiting in line
There is a well-developed mathematical theory of queues, covering several stages of the process
Goldbach’s conjecture: if it’s unprovable, it must be true
Falsehood of the conjecture is incompatible with unprovability
We must reduce uncertainty of climate predictions
Can machine learning help narrow confidence gap in climate-change forecasts?
Complexity: are easily-checked problems also easily solved?
That’s Maths: Many problems are hard to solve but easy to verify, such as Sudoku puzzles
Euler: a mathematician without equal and an overall nice guy
The vast body of mathematics owes more to Euler than to any other single person
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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