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Sep 6
Does P=NP? It’s one of the most fundamental problems in computer science. But, what is P? What is NP? We explain in our complexity class primer: quantamagazine.org/a-short-guide-…
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Sep 6
Quanta spoke to Sarah Demers, physics chair at Yale University, about AI in physics, and how physicists can benefit or suffer from it. Read the full interview: quantamagazine.org/in-an-age-of-a…
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Sep 5
“Should we define this discipline by proofs? Of course, we have done so, but I’m not sure it really matches with what we value and what we're doing.” —mathematician Akshay Venkatesh Tune in to our live recording of “The Joy of Why” at ICM 2026:
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Live from ICM 2026: What Is Math For in the Age of AI?
Podcast Episode · The Joy of Why · September 3 · 53m
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Sep 5
Whether imaginary numbers are indispensable features of quantum mechanics or mere mathematical conveniences affects our understanding of reality itself. “The mathematical formulation does guide what we infer about the nature of the physical world,” says philosopher of physics
Physicists Take the Imaginary Numbers Out of Quantum Mechanics | Quanta Magazine
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Sep 5
This “living crystal” is a clump of rotating, jiggling starfish embryos in the lab of the biophysicist Nikta Fakhri. It embodies a state of matter known as an odd material that may have previously unknown biological functions. quantamagazine.org/starfish-whisp…
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