Category Archives: Mathematics in Society

AMS Notices Spotlight October 2017

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Taryn Laird

Hello and welcome to the October AMS Notices Spotlight. As we are now into the swing of the busyness of the semester it is sometimes nice to take a break and think about math not related to our classes. With … Continue reading →

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Shedding light on AI’s black boxes

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Susannah Shoemaker

A recent special issue in Science highlights the increasingly important role that artificial intelligence (AI) plays in science and society. Providing a small but compelling sample of the types of challenges AI is equipped to tackle—from aiding chemical synthesis efforts … Continue reading →

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An Infinite Understanding

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Deborah Wilkerson

“Have you ever thought about how strange it is that we think about infinity every day, but most people think about it only on the rarest of occasions, if ever?” This is the text message I recently sent two of … Continue reading →

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Mathematical Democracy: Mission Impossible? Maybe not…

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Matthew Simonson

In 1950, a 29-year-old PhD candidate at Columbia published a stunning theorem that later won him a Nobel Prize: “There is no such thing as a fair voting system.”  Or so the legend goes.  Let’s dive into this claim and … Continue reading →

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The Math of Elections

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Rina Friedberg

It seems like all anybody can talk about right now is the election. And while it has definitely given me a lot to think about in terms of political, cultural, and social problems in America, there’s also some interesting and potentially … Continue reading →

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