Mathematical formulas written over a hundred years ago could find an echo in the most current theories about black holes and ...

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A new study reveals that Srinivasa Ramanujan’s century-old formulas for calculating pi unexpectedly emerge within modern theories of critical phenomena, turbulence, and black holes. In school, many of ...

In] any piece of beautiful mathematics, you almost always find that there is a physical system which actually mirrors the ...

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Breakthroughs in physics sometimes require an assist from the field of mathematics—and vice versa. In 1912, Albert Einstein, then a 33-year-old theoretical physicist at the Eidgenössische Technische ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Mathematical equations aren't just useful — many are quite beautiful. And many scientists admit ...