Mathematics

Julius Gamble, 1931. From Wikimedia

Emil Julius Gumbel – Deadly Statistics

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The picture of the mathematician Remanjuan next to a complicated formula he developed Photo credit: Technion spokesmen

Have breakthroughs in mathematics been discovered through artificial intelligence?

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The researchers of the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Technion developed an algorithm for discovering new formulas and new relationships between mathematical constants
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 Math Olympiad for elementary and middle schools was held * David Kravitz from the 6th grade from Kfar Saba, who studies at Ofira Navon, won first place for his age group and he tells us: "Mathematics for me is
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 "Which is more likely in the stock market or the lottery. And if there is a better 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 profit
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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Israel's math team 2014: from left to right: Lev Radzivilovski, Guy Reva, Tom Calvary, Nitzan Tor, Omri Solan, Yoav Krause, Amots Oppenheim.

The Israeli math team came in first place in an international math competition for undergraduate math students

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Adjusters of the movement velocities of water drops in a two-dimensional system. Red marking represents droplet pairs with a positive correlation, and blue marking represents droplet pairs with a negative correlation

order in disorder

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miracles Illustration: shutterstock

Never say never / David G. Hand

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Dr. Ohad Shamir. Complex skills. Photo: Weizmann Institute

Machines learn

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Maria Gatana Anyisi. From Wikipedia

Maria Gaetana Agnesi - studied mathematics as a hobby and wrote the first textbook in Hadova

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Prof. Peter Sarnak, the photo was attached to the presentation of the Wolf Foundation with the announcement of his winning the Wolf Prize for Mathematics

The Wolf Prize for Mathematics to Prof. Peter Sarnak, lays the foundations in many fields, including the "low-lying zeros"

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From the right: Dr. Gal Binyamini, Prof. Sergey Yakovenko and Prof. Dmitri Novikov. Upper barrier

Six legs on the table

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American brown bear. From Wikipedia

did you know Bears know how to count

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The cover of the book The Riddle of Perlman, by Masha Gessen, Yedioth Books - Attic 2012

Escape to the imagination

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Numbers. From Wikipedia

If he can, so can she / Sharon Bigley

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Prof. Uri Alon and Yael Ben-Ari. Wonderful coordination. Photo: Weizmann Institute

The liberation movement

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Yakir Reshef and Hilary Finoken. getting tighter. Photo: Weizmann Institute

built to connect

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The members of the Israeli team for the Mathematics Olympiad, summer 2012 in Argentina. Photo: Weizmann Institute

The Olympic Hope (in mathematics)

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Paul the Octopus. From Wikipedia

The octopus that beat the monkey: on the 'drawer effect'

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Prof. David Kashdan, Hebrew University. From Wikipedia

Winner of the Israel Prize in the field of mathematics research and computer science research Prof. David Kashdan

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Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann. From Wikipedia

The prince's deputy

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Helical structures in nature. Illustration: The Hebrew University

An interdisciplinary study by researchers from the Hebrew University solved the mystery of spontaneous curling in nature

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Dr. Dmitry Gurevich. Linear spaces

View from the top

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Airport security checks from Wikipedia

A journey to the sub-science - the mathematics of the security inspection / Roy Tsezana

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Homomorphic mathematics can be used to secure operations on information passing through the Internet. Photo: Technology Review

Homomorphic encryption

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Symmetry book cover

Symmetry: About Mathematicians, Translators and Writers

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Amit Ben Best from Ben Gurion University, in a guest appearance onRoey Tsezana's blog in Tafuz, tells about his impression of the book Symmetry
Quantum computing. From Wikipedia

Simple arithmetic enables faster and more secure access to websites

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Lottery participation ticket of the Israel Lottery (right) and a form for the participant to choose the lottery numbers (left)

Lottery coincidence: wild exaggeration

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