Enigma: a complexity titan
October 15, 2021In times of war, secure communication can be the difference between life and death, or even winning or losing a war.
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Royal distinction for Professor Ton KoonenOctober 8, 2021 Discussing with two great mathematiciansSeptember 24, 2021 Clara Stegehuis selected as one of the 'thirty talents under thirty'September 10, 2021 A solution to a long standing conjectureAugust 27, 2021 Monique Laurent elected as EUROPT fellow 2021August 13, 2021Cycling to 57,912 National Monuments in the Netherlands
In March 2021 the largest roadmap instance of the traveling salesman problem ever was solved.
A big breakthrough in the Euclidean Travelling Salesman Problem
Recently there has been a breakthrough in the field of algorithms for geometric network problems, concerning the complexity of the…
Sociomaths: The maths of living apart together
Do you recognise the expression "six degrees of separation"? Through our relationships with others we are only six steps away…
DNA self-assembly gives birth to new mathematics
At this very moment, the emergent science of DNA self-assembly is giving birth to a new field of mathematics that…
Summer reads part 4: From physiology to finance and the quantum world
Summer reads part 3: Stories with a mathematical twist
In this third post of our summer reads series we gather articles with an unexpected mathematical twist.
Summer reads Part 2: Interviews and personal stories
In this article we have collected all the interviews and the personal blog posts written during the last year. Enjoy!