Mathematicians Wrote a Proof for a 100-Year-Old Problem—and May Have Just Changed Geometry
The Kakeya set—named for its discoverer Sōichi Kakeya—was complicated by a subsequent mathematician named Abram Samoilovitch ...
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Rare crystal shape found to increase the strength of 3D-printed metal
Andrew Iams saw something strange while looking through his electron microscope. He was examining a sliver of a new aluminum ...
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Mathematicians Solve Decades-Old Geometry Problem About Spinning a Needle That Had Long Puzzled the Field
A new proof solves the “Kakeya conjecture” in three dimensions, opening up a new set of possibilities for mathematics, from computer science to cryptography ...
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10 casualties taken to hospital after three-car crash south of Inverness
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