mathematical

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His approach relied on tensors, mathematical objects commonly used to describe quantities such as stress and deformation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

In the mathematical study of symmetry, or group theory, one such number—important in string theory—is fittingly named “the monster group”: 808,017,424,794,512,875,886,459,904,961,710,757,005,754,368,000,000,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

No matter how lifelike A.I. systems appear from the outside, we know that they are merely mathematical flip-books.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

In 1935, while studying the behavior of particles in regions of extreme gravity, Einstein and Rosen introduced what they called a “bridge”: a mathematical link between two perfectly symmetrical copies of spacetime.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Carl Friedrich Gauss, born in 1777, was a German prodigy, and he began his mathematical career with an investigation of imaginary numbers.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife