Happy birthday to one of greatest #mathematicians of all time Emmy Noether (1882-1935), here with her eponymous theorem, the backbone of modern physics. Noether’s theorem links any symmetry of a system with a conservation law. In my portrait, I chose to depict a young Emmy in front of a blackboard with a more simple formulation of her theorem and three specific applications of it, shown schematically, 1/

Happy #Nowruz to all who celebrate. Makes much more sense to me to celebrate the #NewYear at the beginning of spring on an astronomically significant day rather than on some odd, astronomically insignificant day in mid-winter. I mean, what’s up with that anyway? So to celebrate Nowruz, which BTW is observed by an enormous population including in Iran, Central and South Asia, I’m posting a short video memorial to one of the greatest #mathematicians ever, who happened to be an #Iranian woman, Maryam Mirzakhani. The first woman to win the Field’s Prize, math’s equivalent to the Nobel, Mirzakhani broke barriers and forever changed her chosen field. A Harvard graduate and former professor at both Princeton and Stanford, she deserves more attention than she gets. Regrettably, she died far too young at 40. May the new year bring us more genius minds like hers. #math #mathematics #STEM #WomenInSTEM #science

https://youtube.com/watch?v=W2VXXfDIF9g&si=loDGsvosaP0bBCg8

What are the odds of two random variables, both being between 1 and 52, being the same? I ain't doing no poll, I already know the answer.

I'm just seeking answers from mathy-type folks.

#Mathematicians finally find the #infinite card #game. (Stand Up Maths)

Look out for the #Mastodon mention towards the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HwKCvsdXiw

Someone's in a bad way today and has spent the day watching game shows.

Which makes me think, while I was unable to avoid for a while:

#GameShow for #mathematicians. Instead of points, contestants get one of an increasingly complex series of equations. At the end the winner is decided by a race to evaluate the sum of all the equations they have won, excluding contestants with no equations won. So the real test is deciding when to stop giving correct answers and start playing for laughs.

Just a little under a month left to apply for our International Visitor Program (until 18 Feb)- open to #mathematicians in all fields. Our visitor program allows you to spend time in a collaborative, creative research environment in Sydney. More details: https://bit.ly/3XqOxxK

What is the origin of #QuantumUncertainty? : Medium

The shape of #Light: Scientists reveal image of an individual #Photon for 1st time ever : Live Sci

#Mathematicians Discover a New Kind of #Shape That’s All over #Nature : Sci Am

Check our latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

Mathematicians denounce Israel’s genocide in Gaza
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More than 1,000 mathematicians have signed an open letter calling on their colleagues to “cease all scientific collaboration with Israeli institutions that do not explicitly condemn the genocide in Gaza and the illegal colonisation of Palestine”.

You can read their letter in full here.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/12/18/an-open-letter-from-mathematicians-against-the-genocide-in-gaza

@palestine
#Gaza
#mathematicians

#mathematicians My 8th grader wants to know how "parallel" is defined, in the context of two curves that never touch.

Is there a usual definition along the lines of - if the shortest distance between two curves is always the same distance L > 0 then the two are "parallel"?

Of course it depends on definitions, and yeah I did share a copy of Lobachevsky's Theory of Parallels but that didn't seem to help. Plus it's not about curves :) But wondering what the usual, Euclidean-ish definition is, on a flat plane.

   
❛❛ Teen #Mathematicians Tie #Knots Through a #Mind-Blowing Fractal ❜❜

Three high schoolers and their mentor revisited a century-old #theorem to prove that all #knots can be found in a #fractal called the #MengerSponge.
Gregory Barber for #QuantaMagazine

https://QuantaMagazine.org/teen-mathematicians-tie-knots-through-a-mind-blowing-fractal-20241126/ 2024 Nov 26 ce
https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Menger_sponge … #MengerSponge
https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Topology … #Topology

 
#Mathematicians Prove #Hawking Wrong About the Most Extreme #BlackHoles
@QuantaMagazine: For decades, #extremal black holes were considered mathematically impossible. A new #proof reveals otherwise.

https://QuantaMagazine.org/mathematicians-prove-hawking-wrong-about-extremal-black-holes-20240821/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremal_black_hole

Mathstodon.xyz is a Mastodon server for people who love mathematics. We have LaTeX rendering in the web interface! We hope there’ll be lots of maths chat, but any topic of conversation following the code of conduct and the principle of getting along together is OK.

https://mathstodon.xyz

Find out more at https://mathstodon.xyz/about or contact the admin @christianp

Mathstodon is a server for people who love maths. We have LaTeX rendering in the web interface! We hope there’ll be lots of maths chat, but any topic following the code of conduct is OK.

https://mathstodon.xyz

More info at https://mathstodon.xyz/about or contact the admin @christianp

What is it that stops #mathematicians from speaking up about things they'd like to work on?

A long and fascinating story on the people working on understanding the Mandelbrot Set.

"For decades, a small group of mathematicians has patiently unraveled the mystery of what was once math’s most popular picture. Their story shows how technology transforms even the most abstract mathematical landscapes."

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-quest-to-decode-the-mandelbrot-set-maths-famed-fractal-20240126/