A mathematical proof isn't just an intellectual exercise
How do you prove something? What even is proof?
Mathematics
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Drunken solution to the chaotic three-body problem
The three-body problem is one of the oldest problems in physics: It concerns the motions of systems of three bodies—like the sun, Earth, and the moon—and how their orbits change and evolve due to their mutual gravity. ...
Astronomy
Dec 28, 2021
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Authority on random matrix theory aims to make sense of huge data sets
From the increasing information transmitted through telecommunications systems to that analyzed by financial institutions or gathered by search engines and social networks, so-called "big data" is becoming a huge feature ...
Mathematics
Jun 27, 2014
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New method of producing random numbers could improve cybersecurity
With an advance that one cryptography expert called a "masterpiece," University of Texas at Austin computer scientists have developed a new method for producing truly random numbers, a breakthrough that could be used to encrypt ...
Computer Sciences
May 16, 2016
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Discovery could challenge established theory of the nucleus
(PhysOrg.com) -- By analyzing data from experiments performed earlier this decade at the Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator (ORELA), physicists have made observations that seem to conflict with the widely accepted theory ...
Researcher's paper challenges the claim that the genus Homo originated in response to environmental changes
An often cited claim that humans, who are smarter and more technologically advanced than their ancestors, originated in response to climate change is challenged in a new report by a Center for the Advanced Study of Human ...
Archaeology
Aug 4, 2017
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Fastest random number generator: Sounds of silence proving a hit
(Phys.org) -- Researchers at The Australian National University have developed the fastest random number generator in the world by listening to the 'sounds of silence'.
Quantum Physics
Apr 11, 2012
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Using the unpredictable nature of quantum mechanics to generate truly random numbers
A team of researchers from the U.K., Germany and Russia has used the unpredictable nature of quantum mechanics to create a device capable of generating truly random numbers. In their paper published in the journal Physical ...
Experiment settles long time debate about evolution—in E. coli, at least
A pair of researchers at Michigan State University has conducted an experiment with Escherichia coli bacteria meant to help settle a long-time debate in the evolutionary community. They have written a paper describing their ...
Researchers devise method to study network resistance to random failures based on 'random walks'
(Phys.org) —A small team of mathematicians with Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain, has come up with a way to study a network's resistance to failure. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
