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Mathematicians say they've proven the universe can't be a simulation
A team of physicists claims to have killed the simulation hypothesis with math. According to Science Daily, researchers led by Dr. Mir Faizal at UBC Okanagan used Gödel's incompleteness theorem to ...
A new research paper reframes the simulation hypothesis, asking whether reality could be simulated and what science can test.
Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan’s formula for Pi can help with calculating black holes, studying percolation, or investigating turbulence.
In] any piece of beautiful mathematics, you almost always find that there is a physical system which actually mirrors the mathematics.” ...
The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer ...
John von Neumann came about as close as humanly possible to embodying the Platonic ideal of a genius. Conversant in ancient Greek by age 6, the Hungarian made significant mathematical advances in his ...
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Ramanujan’s Genius π Formulas From a Century Ago Might Help Explain the Deepest Secrets of the Universe
Ramanujan’s insights into pi are now guiding scientists toward a deeper understanding of how the universe works.
Michel Talagrand of France has credited a brush with blindness for leading to the work that resulted in his recognition by the math equivalent of the Nobel Prize. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang has ...
athematics is, at its core, an art. Like painters, musicians or writers, mathematicians create and explore new worlds. They ...
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