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Fields Medallist Wendelin Werner loves Brownian loop soups. In the second part of this article, we learn more about why they matter so much.

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Fields Medallist Wendelin Werner loves Brownian loop soups. We explore what they are, why he finds them so "natural", and how they are linked to the physics of elementary particles.

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Randomness is surprisingly hard to define. Fortunately the mathematical language we use to describe it is beautifully well defined.
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Symmetry is one of the two guiding principles in understanding probabilities – if different outcomes are equivalent they should have the same probability.
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Overbooking: How to avoid plane rage

The practice of overbooking has made uncomfortable headlines lately. But how do airlines decide how many tickets to sell for a flight? Here's the maths.
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