Tag: theory
The Hidden Game Theory of Sherlock Holmes
The Game Theory Hidden in the Mind of Sherlock Holmes In the early 20th century, a mathematician and economist sought the optimal strategy for Holmes to escape Moriarty’s pursuit By Manon Bischoff edited by Daisy Yuhas Looking at my bookshelf, I’m stricken with guilt: the collected Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle have been…
Black Hole Mergers Show Strange Mathematical Link to String Theory
Deep Math from String Theory Appears in Clashing Black Holes Researchers have shown that abstract mathematical functions from the frontiers of theoretical physics have a real-world use in modeling gravitational waves By Ramin Skibba edited by Lee Billings An illustration of two black holes about to merge and emitting copious gravitational waves. And as the…
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…
This Twist on Einstein’s Greatest Theory Deserves More Attention
Einstein’s General Relativity with a Twist: Teleparallelism A nearly century-old offshoot of Einstein’s general theory of relativity may hold promise for solving the mysteries of dark matter, dark energy and more By Paul M. Sutter edited by Lee Billings Dark matter, dark energy, the Hubble tension: underpinning these theories is Einstein’s general theory of relativity,…