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Tag Archives: sphere packing
New PBS Show All About Math
Last week PBS launched a new show on YouTube all about math called Infinite Series. The first three episodes are up and they’re a ton of fun. The show is hosted by Kelsey Houston-Edwards, who is a graduate student at … Continue reading
Posted in Math Communication
Tagged Infinite Series, Kelsey Houston-Edwards, PBS, Pigeon Hole Principle, sphere packing
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Packing Heat: The World Of Sphere Packings Is On Fire
Suppose somebody hands you a bunch of oranges and asks you to stack them on a shelf, I’ll bet I can guess how you would do it. You’d build a pyramid by laying down a base layer and then fill … Continue reading
Posted in Number Theory
Tagged Abhinav Kumar, Danylo Radchenko, Erica Klarreich, error-correcting code, Gil Kalai, Henry Cohn, Maryna Viazovska, n-category café, sphere packing, Stephen D. Miller
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