The hidden beauty of multiplication tables
There are some amazing patterns hiding within simple arithmetic.
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Tricky teacups
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Wavelets catch Abel Prize
Yves Meyer. Photo: B. Eymann/Académie des Sciences.
offRead more about...front page order0front page textThis year's Abel Prize has been awarded to Yves Meyer for the development of an incredibly powerful mathematical tool.
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Contextuality — The most quantum thing
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Coding with linear codes (or how to avoid being eaten by crocodiles)
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