News from the world of maths: Happy new year from Plus!

Submitted by plusadmin on January 9, 2009

Friday, January 09, 2009

Thanks to gord at mighty wombat for these!

posted by Plus @ 11:00 PM

There may be more than one of you

The possibility that there might be many parallel worlds has just become a little more likely.
Stuff happens: From finance to fundamental physics

Current physical theories suggest that beautiful symmetries underly the fundamental particles and forces of nature. We describe those symmetries using an analogy from economics, and even rediscover the famous Higgs boson.
Calculating the multiverse

If there's a multiverse, then how many of its component universes are like our own?
Counting the trees of life

How many possible genetic relationships are there between a collection of different species? The answer is mind-bogglingly large.
Five of Euler's best

Five favourite problems inspired by Leonhard Euler, one of the greatest mathematicians of all time.