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Prof. Avi Vigerzon, on the left, and the president of the Technion, Prof. Uri Sion

The Turing Prize, the "Nobel of Computer Science", will be awarded to Technion graduate Prof. Avi Wigderzon

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Last year, Prof. Wigderzon, who also received the Abel Award, received an honorary doctorate from the Technion
A band of bouzouki players from the Balkans. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Pythagoras was wrong: scientists have discovered that there are no universal musical harmonies

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Their research, published in Nature Communications, shows that in normal listening contexts, we do not necessarily prefer chords that are in these exact mathematical relationships but prefer small deviations from them
In the photo: a five-dimensional cube that Dr. Klein printed with a XNUMXD printer for his supervisor. Photo: Bar Ilan University Spokesperson

led to the solution of a 35-year-old mathematical problem

Meet Dr. Ohad Klein, PhD graduate in the Department of Mathematics at the Faculty of Exact Sciences, postdoctoral student at the Hebrew University and working at a startup company as an algorithmist
Themis, the blind goddess of justice. Image: depositphotos.com

Probability in morality and law

An unconventional combination of philosophy, law and theory of complex systems, offers surprising insights
The Rahab Shilon brothers: Photo: Shahar Shilon Ankori

The future generation of mathematicians in Israel

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This week the National Mathematics Olympiad for elementary and middle schools was held * David Kravitz from the XNUMXth grade from Kfar Saba, who studies at Ofira Navon, won first place for his age group and he tells us: "Mathematics for me is not just theory - it is practice for life"
Prof. Noga Alon. PR photo, Tel Aviv University

Prof. Noga Alon from Tel Aviv University and Princeton won the prestigious Shaw Prize for Mathematics and will receive 1.2 million dollars

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Since there is no Nobel Prize for mathematics, two prizes have become the substitute - the Field Prize for young scientists under the age of 40 and the Shaw Prize, which is actually awarded for lifetime achievement
Mathematical representation of data. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Prof. George Lustick of MIT has won the 2022 Wolf Prize in Mathematics

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The 2022 Wolf Prize in Mathematics has been awarded to Prof. George Lustig, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for his pioneering contributions to modern representation theory and related fields
Standing, from left to right: Dror Frid Yair, Shom Almog, and Lad Shahar Friedman, Omri Zemar, Yahal Manor, sitting, from left to right: Lev Radzivilovsky, head coach Alexander Tolsnikov, coach Daniel Kenner, coach, deputy leader (delegation escort) Guy Capon, coach. Photo: Courtesy of the Mathematical Olympiads in Israel Facebook page.

A historic record for the Israeli team in the Math Olympiad: 7th place in the world

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The Olympics were held in St. Petersburg, Russia and were conducted online. The members of the Israeli delegation received three gold medals, two silver and one bronze
A risky bet. Illustration: shutterstock

Things that Yoram knows: why do we love the lottery and is it possible to beat the roulette?

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Siegel asking "Where is there more chance in the stock market or the lottery. And if there is more chance in the stock market: why do we play the lottery?" The answer is unequivocal - in the stock market. And why only people like Sheldon Adelson can make money in the casino
Lotto (not Israeli so as not to do free advertising). From jumpstory

Things Yoram knows: hot numbers

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Efrat asks: How is it possible that theoretically each of the numbers drawn in the lottery has an equal chance of being selected, while in reality it does not seem that way?
Numbers. From Jumpstory

Things that Yoram knows: Is the number of stars in the sky even? How natural are the natural numbers?

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Soup of numbers, from jumpstory

Things that donors know: why do we live in base 10?

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Prof. Hillel Furstenberg. Photo: National Academy of Sciences

Prof. Hillel Furstenberg from the Hebrew University won the ABEL prize, the most important prize in mathematics

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An example of an error bar tiling formed from an equilateral octagon in three repetitions

Real tiling with self-similar triangles

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The Mathematical Secrets of the Simpsons. the cover of the book. Yediot Books Publishing - Attic Books

Homer in the third

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statistics. Illustration: SHUTTERSTOCK

The curse of dimensionality, the blessing of averages

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The quest for predicting the future - a chapter from the book "The Mysteries of the Numbers" by Marcus Du Sottoy

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Researchers have proved an old conjecture in combinatorial geometry

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Surface prepared using SURFER software.

Surfer competition invites surfers to submit photos of algebraic surfaces to the competition

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From the exhibition: IMAGINARY - through the eyes of mathematics

The IMAGINARY exhibition and a competition to design beautiful surfaces are coming to the Brain Research Center in Bar-Ilan

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George Ball, from the University College Cork Publishing website in Ireland

What would George Ball, the developer of Boolean algebra, say about the computing revolution?

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Sample results. Illustration: shutterstock

Election surveys, problems in statistics and a proposal to solve them

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Emi Neter, from Wikipedia

Emi Neter - lays the foundation for modern algebra

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Prof. James Arthur, University of Toronto, winner of the 2015 Wolf Prize in Mathematics. PR photo

Prof. James C. Arthur from the University of Toronto in Canada won the 2015 Wolf Prize in the mathematics category

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Studying mathematics. From the Mount Mary College website

The Oracle / Ariel Bleicher

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