'Ghostly' Galaxies and the Mystery of Dark Matter

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How Math Brings Together Classical Chaos, Quantum Mechanics, and Fractals

The uncertainty principle tells us that the more you know about where a quantum particle is, the less you can know about how fast it’s moving, and vice versa. In 2023, graduate student Alex Cohen stunned the math world when he posted a proof of the fractal uncertainty principle. ...  Show more

Audio Edition: Sometimes Being First Means Seeing the End Before Anyone Else

Determination and effort propelled Jacob Tsimerman to the top of the math world. But now that he’s won a Fields Medal, he worries that the field is in jeopardy.The article Sometimes Being First Means Seeing the End Before Anyone Else first appeared on Quanta Magazine. 

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