What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 11 (What's Happening in the Mathermatical Sciences) - Softcover

Dana Mackenzie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1470441632 ISBN 13: 9781470441630

Publisher: American Mathematical Society, 2019

Synopsis

This new volume of What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences features a rich selection of articles about recent topics in pure and applied mathematics. Expanding Horizons and Needles in an Infinite Haystack explain new developments in the theory of expander graphs and in number theory (asymptotic Fermat's last theorem), respectively. The SetŪ Game Has Met Its Match presents a solution of the so-called Cap Set Conjecture, a statement about arithmetic progressions in finite vector spaces, which resulted from the mathematical analysis of the popular game Set . The Shape of Data and Quantum Computers and Golden Gates present recent advances in theoretical computer science and related areas of data science. The mathematical aspects of one of the most fascinating recent developments in general relativity, the discovery of gravitational waves, is discussed in When Black Holes Collide . Three articles talk about applications of mathematical methods in various aspects of everyday life: bike-sharing systems and ride-sharing services (like Lyft and Uber) in The Mathematics of Commuting , weight control in The Calculus of Calories , and an analysis of various partisan election practices in Gerrymandering: Mathematics on Trial . We anticipate that many readers will find an interesting topic to read about and, hopefully, more than one.

About this edition

• Publisher: American Mathematical Society
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1470441632
• ISBN 13: 9781470441630
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136