Physicists have long explored how phenomena in groups of three can sow chaos. A new three-body problem, they warn, could lead to not only global races for new armaments but also thermonuclear war.
Tag: Mathematics
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Test Scores for U.S. 13-Year-Olds Show Lowest Math and Reading Levels In Decades
The results are the federal government’s last major data release on the academic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
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With a New, Improved ‘Einstein,’ Puzzlers Settle a Math Problem
Earlier this spring, tiling aficionados thought maybe they’d found the shape of their dreams. Now they’re certain.
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Mississippi Schools Are Offering Lessons for America on Education
The state shows that poverty is no excuse for failing to teach kids to read.
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What Number Comes Next? The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences Knows.
The “mathematical equivalent to the FBI’s voluminous fingerprint files” turns 50 this year, with 362,765 entries (and counting).