List by Author: Marianne Freiberger

Quantum computing: Some (not so) gruesome details
A closer look at one of the simplest quantum algorithms.
What can quantum computers do?
What will quantum computers be able to do that ordinary computers can't do?
Do quantum computers exist?
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What's stopping us from building useful quantum computers? And how long until we'll have them?
How does quantum computing work?
Here's a brief introduction to the possible future of computing.
Police and thieves
Using maths to simulate the behaviour of criminals.
Police and thieves continued
Crimes and earthquakes
How the maths that is used to predict earthquakes can help fight gang crime.
Another way of voting
Should we let go of the "one person, one vote" principle?
Mindless searching
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How stupid systems can use clever ways of finding things.
Maths in a minute: Local connectivity
How crinkly is crinkly?
Why we want proof
What are mathematical proofs, why do we need them and what can they say about sheep?
Information: Baby steps
If I tell you that it's Monday today, then you know it's not any of the other six days of the week. Perhaps the information content of my statement should be measured in terms of the number of all the other possibilities it excludes? Back in the 1920s this consideration led to a very simple formula to measure information.