Mathematics News

Identifying the increasing significance of computer education in the job market the Centre for Distance Education of Sri Krishnadevaraya University here has decided to cash in on the trend by attracting more ... via The Hindu

One of the most prestigious prizes for mathematics has been awarded to a Cambridge professor for his outstanding work in the study of symmetry. via University of Cambridge News Stories

“We don't like to call them fractions, though, because they were considered as unitary entities like inches, seconds or minutes.”

Andrew Gumbel Los Angeles, April 5: How many bones make a heart? And if you add two arrows and three arms, do you get a number that can be divided into an exact number of rods? That may sound like an obscure ... via The Statesman

“Beyond Measure: conversations across art and science”

What do artist David Nash and Nobel Prize-winning chemist Aaron Klug have in common? Geometry! The correlation between science and art is the focus of a fascinating new exhibition at Cambridge University's ... via University of Cambridge News Stories

“Until now, computers have been taught how to identify basic facial characteristics, such as the difference between a woman and a man, and even to detect facial expressions”

"Beauty," goes the old saying, "is in the eye of the beholder." But does the beholder have to be human? Not necessarily, say scientists at Tel Aviv University. via RedOrbit

This report represents a compilation and new analysis of data on the effects and consequences of violent crime among American Indians. via Criminal Justice Online

“Textbooks and notebooks were burned during the violence, so we have consolidated classes and asked students to share textbooks, making sure they can go on with their studies”

Some of the classrooms of the Lhasa No. 2 Middle School were torched during the March 14 riot, but students were seen studying the Tibetan language on Tuesday in laboratories. via CCTV

“This has happened to everyone. it's frustrating”

Pedro Reis, an instructor in applied mathematics at MIT, and colleagues have reported the formulation and physics behind the pattern created by adhesive tearing. via PhysOrg Weblog

“We are creating a set of intellectual properties and software assets that can be employed to gauge and improve levels of preparedness to tackle unforeseen natural disasters”

IBM today announced that its scientists have created specialized math algorithms to help model and manage natural disasters: wildfires, floods, diseases and more. via Earth Times

“We know nothing about infants' logical abilities. Most researchers thought that there was nothing to study in this field, because of course probabilistic prediction was beyond infants' abilities”

London, April 1: Babies possess an intuitive grasp of statistics which resembles that of a scientist, say researchers. via Daily India

“For the first time in history, we are not at the top”

The world's Catholics are now outnumbered by Muslims, according to the editor of the Vatican's statistical yearbook. via Catholic World News

“This shape is really robust, so there must be something fundamental going on that gives rise to these shapes”

Wallpaper is not out to foil you-it's just obeying the laws of physics, according to a team of researchers from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, the Universidad de Santiago, Chile, and ... via Science Daily

“From a group theoretic point of view, this is not so complicated”

NEW CONCEPTS: U.S. Graduate Research Professor John Griggs Thompson of the University of Florida and French Mathematician Jacques Tits of the College de France who won the Abel prize. via The Hindu

According to a new study, nearly half the 10,000 kids aged 8 through 17 who perished as passengers in car crashes between 2000 and 2005 were riding with teenage drivers. via Statesman Journal

If identical twins eat and exercise equally, must they have the same body weight? By analyzing the fundamental equations of body weight change, NIH investigators Carson Chow and Kevin Hall find that identical ... via Innovations-report.com

Researchers reviewing 75 group-randomized U.S. cancer trials found fewer than half used appropriate statistical methods to analyze the results. via The Post Chronicle

“We have to accept this is not a gentle correction, but a full-blown crisis. We can only hope it will be sharp and short”

Spain's once-booming property market is in freefall, official statistics have revealed for the first time. via The Belfast Telegraph

“We are proud to contribute our software to such a prestigious institution and help University of Guelph students develop the skills required to succeed in today's ever-changing business environment.”

Pitney Bowes MapInfo, the leading global provider of location intelligence, today announced that it has donated its TargetPro software solution to the University of Guelph for use in the student library. via Wireless Developer Network

“Nobel Prize for mathematics."The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters cited their "profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory.”

Oslo - French mathematician Jacques Tits and US mathematician John Griggs Thompson were Thursday named winners of the Abel Prize, sometimes known as the "Nobel Prize for mathematics."The Norwegian Academy of ... via Earth Times

“When theory, computer simulation and experiments provide the same answers the long-term goal has been attained, but there's still a long way to go.”

Submitted by News Account on 26 March 2008 - 11:42am. Mathematics Nearly ten years ago an article published in Science [Lockless SW, Ranganathan R Science 286:295 - "299] got a lot of attention. via Scientific Blogging