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Science News
November 3, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Absolutely Abnormal Identifying the normal (or even the abnormal) in mathematics can pose serious difficulties...   |
Science News
December 14, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
A Trillion Pieces of Pi Computer scientist Yasumasa Kanada and his coworkers at the University of Tokyo Information Technology Center have now succeeded in computing 1,241,100,000,000 decimal digits of pi, smashing their own previous world record of 206,158,430,000 digits, set in 1999. |
Science News
October 16, 2004 |
A Catalog of Random Bits A computer scientist and collaborators have identified a variety of flaws in computer-based random number generators, invented more robust versions of existing generators, and developed a suite of rigorous tests to check for randomness... Puzzle of the Week... |
Science News
June 29, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
Dangerous Problems Some mathematical problems are easy to describe but turn out to be notoriously difficult to solve. Nonetheless, despite repeated warnings from those who have failed in the past, these unsolved problems continue to lure mathematicians into hours, days, and even years of futile labor. |
Science News
May 6, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
Quilting Pi The intriguing, enigmatic number pi, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, conjures up vivid patterns that artist and mathematician John Sims translates to quilts. |
Science News
June 3, 2000
Ivars Peterson |
Sliding Pi Artist Arlene Stamp creates public mosaic art using the digits of pi. |
Wired
August 2003
Tom McNichol |
Totally Random How two math geeks with a lava lamp and a webcam are about to unleash chaos on the Internet. |
Chemistry World
July 30, 2013
Jon Cartwright |
Maxwell's demon gets scribbling Researchers in the US have put a new twist on the idea of Maxwell's demon, claiming to show theoretically how the second law of thermodynamics can remain intact if the demon is allowed to scribble down random information. |
Science News
November 15, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
Cool Rationals One of my more distinct recollections of math class involves the decimal representation of rational numbers and the discovery of wonderful patterns among those digits. A new paper finds fascinating new patterns and provides some numerological explanations. |
Science News
January 4, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
Sound-Byte Math Music Swedish composer Daniel Cummerow has created mathematical sound bytes belonging to a category known as algorithmic music. Each musical fragment is determined by a mathematical recipe -- a formula that links digits with musical notes and their duration... |
