On its surface, the Kakeya conjecture is a simple statement about rotating needles. But it underlies a wealth of mathematics. In mathematics, a simple problem is often not what it seems. Earlier this ...
Mathematicians from New York University and the University of British Columbia have resolved a decades-old geometric problem, the Kakeya conjecture in 3D, which studies the shape left behind by a ...
It is well-known that our intuition is not perfect. We are predictably irrational in a huge number of ways in our everyday lives. But what about something a bit more sophisticated? Are there times ...
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