Boing Boing on MSNOpinion
Half a century of math mystery finally meets Baek Jin-eon
After almost sixty years of stumping progress in geometry, a Korean mathematician has cracked a problem that generations of ...
Some math problems are as old as the wind, experts say and many remain truly unsolved. But a new open source-based site from the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) looks to help track work done ...
For all of the recent strides we’ve made in the math world—like a supercomputer finally solving the Sum of Three Cubes problem that puzzled mathematicians for 65 years—we’re forever crunching ...
Computers are working to solve an age-old geometry problem. Humans can’t “square the circle” by hand, which was proven in the 1800s. Computer solutions involve infinity, complexity, and some ...
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South Korean researcher solves 60-year-old moving sofa problem
A South Korean researcher who solved the ‘moving sofa problem,’ a mathematical puzzle that had remained unsolved for nearly ...
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