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Leila Sloman
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Knot Theory
Unpicking How to Measure the Complexity of Knots
Nov 8, 2025 6:30 AM
Collision of Ideas
Efforts to Ground Physics in Math Are Opening the Secrets of Time
Aug 3, 2025 7:00 AM
Math
Student Solves a Long-Standing Problem About the Limits of Addition
Jun 29, 2025 7:00 AM
Numbers Game
A Math Couple Solves a Major Group Theory Problem—After 20 Years of Work
Mar 23, 2025 7:00 AM
‘Groups’ Underpin Modern Math. Here’s How They Work
Oct 6, 2024 2:00 AM
Repeat Findings
Students Find New Evidence of the Impossibility of Complete Disorder
Sep 1, 2024 2:00 AM
To the Moon
An Old Abstract Field of Math Is Unlocking the Deep Complexity of Spacecraft Orbits
May 5, 2024 7:00 AM
Mathematics
The Lawlessness of Large Numbers
Aug 20, 2023 8:00 AM
Infinite Staircases
The Fibonacci Numbers Hiding in Strange Spaces
Nov 6, 2022 8:00 AM
Brain Teaser
Hypergraphs Reveal a Solution to a 50-Year-Old Problem
Jul 31, 2022 8:00 AM
Attacking Queens
A Mathematician Answers a 150-Year-Old Chess Problem
Oct 3, 2021 8:00 AM