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Behind the screens: the crystals that flow like rain down a windowpane

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Mathematically, a sphere is the shape that minimises the surface area of a fixed volume, explaining why small water droplets on a flat surface take the shape of a spherical cap. JOSEPH’S MATHEMATICAL MODELS. Joseph builds mathematical models for the height of rivulets, based on mathematical equations. Applied Mathematics.

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Numbers and networks: how can we use mathematics to assess the resilience of global supply chains?

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Numbers and networks: how can we use mathematics to assess the resilience of global supply chains? At Brigham Young University in the US, Dr Zach Boyd is using his mathematical skills to determine how best to protect our supply chains. BUILDING MATHEMATICAL MODELS. FIELD OF RESEARCH: Mathematics. Published: July 13, 2022.

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Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It’s Complicated…

Stephen Wolfram

And indeed it increasingly seems as if the “secret” that nature uses to make the complexity it so often shows is exactly to operate according to the rules of simple programs. And indeed over the past three centuries there’s been lots of success in doing this, mainly by using mathematical equations.

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