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Math insight
Mathematicians can be fascinated by the elegance and beauty of the ideas behind mathematical theories. Mathematical structures are already out there and our goal is to discover them.
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Playing with Colors•
December 16 2022, by Leonidas TheocharousPart 1: Learn about applied and theoretical aspects of graph coloring: a tool that helps us design exam schedules or even solve Sudoku!Read article - Article
Start to jet lag behind. Moving to fairer competitions.•
October 28 2022, by Roel LambersIt is safe to say that traveling impacts the peak performance of teams and athletes in general - studies have been done across all kinds of sports that confirm this intuitive idea. Thus, to avoid unfair- and unhappiness, an organizer should aim to minimize the effect of travel time disparities.Read article - Article
Eigenvalues to the rescue••
October 14 2022, by Nandan MalhotraOn a quiet afternoon, professor Meth is working in her office in Leiden on some tantalizing mathematics problems. Suddenly, someone knocking on her door nervously disrupts the silence.Read article - Article
What have Donald Trump, an epidemiologist and a rock in common?••
September 30 2022, by Federico CapannoliIn this article, dear reader, I am going to show you in which way the development of your opinion during the last political issue, the spread of a virus among your acquaintances during the current pandemic, and the alignment of some particles lying inside the device from which you are reading this article are extremely comparable phenomena.Read article - Article
How do you decide who is the most important?•••
September 15 2022, by Anne van GrinsvenImagine you’re in a remote village and only have a limited number of vaccines to distribute to protect the community from a deadly virus, who do you vaccinate? A difficult decision, but necessary. Assuming that the disease is just as deadly for everyone in the community, the best way to prevent deaths is to contain the spread of the virus.Read article