math
Remembering Billionaire Jim Simons, Who Died At 86: His Last Interview
Barbara Terrio
Hedge fund manager Jim Simons was the first and most successful to turn investing into a science using quantitative computer ...
An Old Abstract Field of Math Is Unlocking the Deep Complexity of Spacecraft Orbits
Daisy Hips
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In October, a Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch ...
Never-Repeating Patterns of Tiles Can Safeguard Quantum Information
Daisy Hips
This extreme fragility might make quantum computing sound hopeless. But in 1995, the applied mathematician Peter Shor discovered a clever ...
Imperfect Harmony: Rethinking Pythagoras’ Musical Consonance
Daisy Hips
Summary: New research challenges Pythagoras’s ancient theory on musical consonance, revealing our preference for slight imperfections in chords rather than ...
