News tagged with algebraic geometry
Gymnastics for robots
A current research project of the Austrian Science Fund FWF focuses on the motion safety and efficiency of robots. The objective of the research is to improve the control of robot movements with the help of ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
1
Chern numbers of algebraic varieties
A problem at the interface of two mathematical areas, topology and algebraic geometry, that was formulated by Friedrich Hirzebruch, had resisted all attempts at a solution for more than 50 years. The problem concerns the ...
Jun 10, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (15) |
2
Search results for algebraic geometry
App turns tablet into math aid for visually impaired students (w/ video)
Without looking down, Kira runs her index finger across the screen of an Android tablet that she is holding in her lap. For the occasion, she has painted her fingernails bright pink. When her finger touches ...
Mar 05, 2012 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
|
Researchers link patterns seen in spider silk, melodies
Using a new mathematical methodology, researchers at MIT have created a scientifically rigorous analogy that shows the similarities between the physical structure of spider silk and the sonic structure of ...
Dec 08, 2011 |
3 / 5 (2) |
13
|
Many US schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks
(AP) -- For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut's suburban Brookfield High School, hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and flipping electronic pages ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 04, 2011 |
3.5 / 5 (6) |
14
Inconsistent math curricula hurting US students, study finds
A new study finds important differences in math curricula across U.S. states and school districts. The findings, published in the May issue of the American Journal of Education, suggest that many students across the countr ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 02, 2011 |
4.4 / 5 (5) |
21
Maximum overhang, optimum reward
Yuval Peres, principal researcher at Microsoft Research Redmond and manager of the Theory Group, always advocates both healthy skepticism and an open mind when it comes to problem solving. Even so, Peres was ...
Mar 04, 2011 |
4.4 / 5 (14) |
20
Mathematician credited with solving one of combinatorial geometry's most challenging problems
(PhysOrg.com) -- A mathematician in the Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences is being credited with resolving a 65-year-old problem in combinatorial geometry that sought to determine the minimum number of distinct ...
Feb 25, 2011 |
4.8 / 5 (11) |
8
|
Radical predictions in polymer chemistry
Free radicals may have a bad reputation for causing ozone depletion and premature aging, but they are in fact extremely useful for making novel materials, particularly polymers. Skilled chemists can link up ...
Jan 21, 2011 |
5 / 5 (4) |
0
New math theories reveal the nature of numbers
For centuries, some of the greatest names in math have tried to make sense of partition numbers, the basis for adding and counting. Many mathematicians added major pieces to the puzzle, but all of them fell ...
Jan 20, 2011 |
4.8 / 5 (66) |
16
|
Negative stereotypes shown to affect learning, not just performance
Negative stereotypes not only jeopardize how members of stigmatized groups might perform on tests and in other skill-based acts, such as driving and golf putting, but they also can inhibit actual learning, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 26, 2010 |
4.4 / 5 (8) |
2
|
New Law of Physics Could Explain Quantum Mysteries
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the early days of quantum mechanics, scientists have been trying to understand the many strange implications of the theory: superpositions, wave-particle duality, and the observer’s ...
Aug 17, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (98) |
162
List of search results for algebraic geometry
