Tag: maths
Math’s Block-Stacking Problem Has a Preposterous Solution
This Block-Stacking Math Problem Has a Preposterous Solution You Need to See to Believe In principle, this impossible math allows for a glue-free bridge of stacked blocks that can stretch across the Grand Canyon—and into infinity By Jack Murtagh edited by Jeanna Bryner Amanda Montañez Here’s a mind-blowing experiment that you can try at home:…
Dennis Gaitsgory Wins Breakthrough Prize for Solving Part of Math’s Grand Unified Theory
Dennis Gaitsgory, Who Proved Part of Math’s Grand Unified Theory, Wins Breakthrough Prize By solving part of the Langlands program, a mathematical proof that was long thought to be unachievable, Dennis Gaitsgory snags a prestigious Breakthrough Prize By Manon Bischoff edited by Jeanna Bryner Dennis Gaitsgory, of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, has won…