List by Author: Ken Wessen
Are there problems computers will never be able to solve, no matter how powerful they become?
In the 1930s Alan Turing discovered a computer program that is logically impossible. What other limits are there to computation?
Journey to the limits of computation with a number that's easy to describe but can't be calculated.
Playing with infinity can lead to surprising outcomes – find out how with a big bag of balls and some superpowers.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the differences between us. Understanding these inequalities is crucial for this and future pandemics.
Now it's the turn of mathematicians to help to improve the communities of the future.
There have been accusations that the modelling projecting the course of the pandemic was too pessimistic. Are they justified?
We all know what turbulence is, but nobody understands it.
Find out about the beautifully intuitive concept that lies at the heart of calculus.