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From Polynomial Equations to Galois Groups
Benjamin Schraen
Ecole Normale Supèrieure
In our modern world, our capacity to exchange large sets of highly secure data in a very short time...
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Developing Students’ Mathematical Reasoning: A Challenging Task
Ana Cláudia Henriques
University of Lisbon
Mathematical reasoning constitutes a powerful personal and social tool. Today’s society,...
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The Hammer of God
Elisa Maria Alessi
University of Barcelona
The eventuality of a collision of an asteroid with the earth.
Although most asteroids move...
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Moving data faster and more accurately
Eugenio Montefusco
University of Rome La Sapienza
Most people who have a passion for maths, who are charmed by its universal language, fall in love...
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Secret life of pairs of points
Domenico Fiorenza
University of Rome La Sapienza
What is the space of all pairs of points? Which is its shape? Answering these apparently...
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From number crunching to crunching shapes
Professor Ioannis Z. Emiris - (Image by George Tzoumas)
University of Athens
Pablo Picasso said that computers are useless: they provide only answers. For now, let me not...
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“The Hammer of God” The eventuality of a collision of an asteroid with the earth
Elisa Maria Alessi, Ariadna Farrés, Arturo Vieiro, Carles Simó and Àngel Jorba
University of Barcelona
Although most asteroids move in a region between Mars and Jupiter, some move close to the Earth’s...
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Moving data faster and more accurately
Eugenio Montefusco
University of Rome La Sapienza
Most people who have a passion for maths, who are charmed by its universal language, fall in love...
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The Poetry of Butterflies: Using Geometric Concepts to Solve Problems in Quantum Mechanics
Gianluca Panati
University of Rome la Sapienza
“Pour connaître la rose, quelqu’un emploie la géométrie et un autre emploie le papillon”, wrote...