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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.   |
Science News
September 27, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
The Bias of Random-Number Generators Researchers in Germany have provided some mathematical insight into why many random-number generators give wrong results in so-called cluster Monte Carlo simulations and related computational experiments. |
Science News
May 5, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Lava Lamp Randomness Invented in 1963, a decorative fixture in many homes during the 1970s, and still in production, Lava Lite lamps are now the object of renewed curiosity. Indeed, researchers have come up with a novel application of the mesmerizing movements of the lamp's globules, as randomization seeds... |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2011
Taylor & Cox |
Behind Intel's New Random-Number Generator This random-number generator uses digital circuits to stump the smartest hackers. |
Science News
March 4, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
The Limits of Mathematics No matter what the system of axioms or rules is, there will always be some assertion that can be neither proved nor invalidated within the system. |
Science News
June 30, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Random Home Runs In the current issue of the Journal of Recreational Mathematics, economist Paul M. Sommers of Middlebury College, Vermont, addresses the question of whether top home-run sluggers knock out homers at random or whether they hit in streaks... |
Science News
November 16, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
Card Shuffling Shenanigans Application of statistics to card shuffling machines shows that they have flaws. |
Technology Research News
January 14, 2004
Eric Smalley |
Quantum dice debut Researchers have overcome a major obstacle to generating random numbers on quantum computers by limiting the possibilities in the otherwise unlimited randomness of a set of quantum particles. |
Search Engine Watch
June 24, 2009
Tim Ash |
Applying Probability to Landing Page Optimization In the context of LPO, probability can be viewed as simply taking the best guess given the available information. The more information you have, the more accurate your guess will become. |
Science News
October 9, 2004
Ivars Peterson |
Randomness, Risk, and Financial Markets Approximate entropy, a novel measure used to determine the irregularity of a sequence of numbers, can be applied to stock market performance... Puzzle of the Week... |
PC Magazine
July 22, 2008 |
Strange Google Names The search monolith is snatching up Web addresses that are misspellings or variations (some risque) of its name, as well as stockpiling seemingly random ones. Here's a sampling. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2008
Samuel K. Moore |
PlayStation 3 Processor Speeds Financial-Risk Calculation Georgia Tech's parallel processing code for PlayStation 3's Cell processor makes mountains of random numbers to improve Value-at-Risk and other important algorithms |
Technology Research News
September 19, 2005 |
Two Schools of Cryptography Hard numbers vs. uncertainty: Computationally secure methods use cryptographic keys that are answers to difficult-to-solve mathematical problems. Probabilistically secure methods use cryptographic keys chosen at random from a fast source of random signals. |
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
November 3, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Absolutely Abnormal Identifying the normal (or even the abnormal) in mathematics can pose serious difficulties... |
The Motley Fool
June 21, 2004
Charly Travers |
Biotech's Full Monte When it comes to valuing biotech companies, the Monte Carlo simulation lets investors leave the guesswork behind and the random sampling to a computer. |
PC Magazine
September 21, 2004 |
Shuffle Numbers in Excel This is an easy way to generate a non-repeating list of random numbers. |
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. |
Technology Research News
November 3, 2004 |
Square Rings Promise Reliable MRAM Researchers are working on magnetic random access memory chips that hold as much data as standard electronic memory chips. The key to a promising design is a nanowire bent into a circle. |
Information Today
July 4, 2013 |
Penguin Random House Merger Finalized The leadership team for the new company Penguin Random House was announced this week as the merger between parent companies Bertelsmann, which owns 53% of the company, and Pearson, which owns 47%, was finalized. |
The Motley Fool
May 31, 2007
Jim Mueller |
Foolish Book Review: "Fooled by Randomness" Nassim Taleb's book shows how life and investing is more random than you realize. |
