When we fight for limited common resources, our decisions will shape opponents’ responses and vice versa. What does mathematics have to say about such situations?
In 1995, a flood in the town of Itteren led to the evacuation of 250 000 people and a million animals. Consequently, the Dutch regional water authorities were tasked with calculating how often an area overflows, such that better measures could be taken. How do these calculations work?
Four friends, Mark, Richa, Peter and Tom, play cards every evening. Peter is a probabilist while the other three work in algebra. On one evening they become bored of riffle shuffling.
Michel Mandjes is the main applicant and project leader of NETWORKS, the 10-year research program that gave birth to the Network Pages. Michel reflects on ten years of managing this large research project.
As soon as plastic waste ends up in water, it becomes increasingly difficult to clean up. That’s why it’s important to capture the waste closer to its source, in these canals and rivers. How can mathematical models be used to help clean plastic waste from canals and rivers?
