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Father of Fractal Geometry Passes at Age 85

Posted October 18, 2010 - 12:19 pm

French-American mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot has died of cancer at the age of 85 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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15 genius algorithms that aren't boring

Posted October 15, 2009 - 10:49 am

All computer systems are not created equal. Some get to run way cooler applications than others. Here we take a look at 15 unique algorithms designed to prevent denial-of-service attacks, jam electronic signals, monitor your behavior and yes, tell you how bad your gout is.
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Chewing gum makes teens smarter

Posted April 23, 2009 - 9:15 pm

Put another mark in the "where were these studies when I was in school?" column.
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My 'fraction neurons' aren't firing

Posted April 22, 2009 - 2:25 pm

Researchers at the University of Tübingen in Germany discover fraction-specific neurons.
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Math nerds rejoice at arbitrary line-up of dates

Posted March 9, 2009 - 12:13 pm

If numerical coincidences are your thing, you were probably overjoyed last week when the number of the month and the number of the date were the same number, and if you multiplied them together, you got the number of the year!
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Computing power pooled to find very, very large prime number

Posted October 7, 2008 - 4:15 pm

A hardy network of 75 PCs running Windows XP managed to suss out a 13 million digit prime number -- and earn a $100,000 prize.
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