2025-06-03 07:11:05
June Huh wasn’t interested in mathematics until a chance encounter during his sixth year of college. In 2022, his profound insights connecting combinatorics and geometry led to math’s highest honor. https://www.quantamagazine.org/june-huh-high-school-dropout-wins-the-fields-medal-20220705/
2025-06-03 01:44:21
A vast construction project is underway to bridge disparate fields of mathematics. Learn about the incredible Langlands program in our video explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bJeKUosqoY&t=1s
2025-06-03 00:40:05
Functions called modular forms are useful throughout math and physics, sometimes mysteriously. [From 2023] https://www.quantamagazine.org/behold-modular-forms-the-fifth-fundamental-operation-of-math-20230921/
2025-06-02 01:41:05
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-paradoxical-questions-and-simple-wonder-lead-to-great-science-20250528/
2025-06-02 01:38:05
Jellyfish and other aquatic creatures embody solutions to diverse problems in engineering, medicine and mathematics. https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-can-jellyfish-teach-us-about-fluid-dynamics-20230628/ (From 2023)
2025-06-02 01:36:05
In a singularity, matter and energy concentrate so much that they bend space-time. In 2010, the physicist Aron Wall proved that singularities exist in a world where space-time has no quantum properties but is filled with particles that do. https://www.quantamagazine.org/singularities-in-space-time-prove-hard-to-kill-20250527/
