Bulletin mathématique de la Société des Sciences Mathématiques de Roumanie, Nouvelle Série, Vol. 56 (104), No. 4 (2013), pp. 387-401 (15 pages) This article presents a decreasing directed paths ...

Bumblebees can find the solution to a complex mathematical problem which keeps computers busy for days. Scientists in the UK have discovered that bees learn to fly the shortest possible route between ...

Combinatorial optimization problems are problems that arise in everyday situations, involving the puzzle of determining the shortest route that can be taken between multiple points. Researchers have ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...