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[:es]Mathematicians Resurrect Hilbert’s 13th Problem[:]
[:es]Long considered solved, David Hilbert’s question about seventh-degree polynomials is leading researchers to a new web of mathematical connections.[:]
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[:es]The Crooked Geometry of Round Trips[:]
[:es]Imagine if we lived on a cube-shaped Earth. How would you find the shortest path around the world?[:]
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[:es]New Quantum Algorithms Finally Crack Nonlinear Equations[:]
[:es]Two teams found different ways for quantum computers to process nonlinear systems by first disguising them as linear ones.[:]
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[:es]The Mystery of Mistletoe’s Missing Genes[:]
[:es]Mistletoes have all but shut down the powerhouses of their cells. Scientists are still trying to understand the plants’ unorthodox survival strategy.[:]
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[:es]How Claude Shannon Invented the Future[:]
[:es]Today’s information age is only possible thanks to the groundbreaking work of a lone genius.[:]
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[:es]Astronomers Get Their Wish, and a Cosmic Crisis Gets Worse[:]
[:es]We don’t know why the universe appears to be expanding faster than it should. New ultra-precise distance measurements have only intensified the problem. [:]
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[:es]The New History of the Milky Way[:]
[:es]Over the past two years, astronomers have rewritten the story of our galaxy.[:]
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[:es]How the Slowest Computer Programs Illuminate Math’s Fundamental Limits[:]
[:es]The goal of the “busy beaver” game is to find the longest-running computer program. Its pursuit has surprising connections to some of the most profound questions and concepts in mathematics. […]
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[:es]After Centuries, a Seemingly Simple Math Problem Gets an Exact Solution[:]
[:es]Mathematicians have long pondered the reach of a grazing goat tied to a fence, only finding approximate answers until now.[:]