In this theme
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.
- Article
Degrees in graphs II: Degree sequences••
March 17 2017, by Remco van der HofstadThe degree sequence of a graph is the sequence of degrees of all its elements.Read article - Article
Statistical physics•••
March 2 2017, by Andrea Roccaverde, Diego Garlaschelli and Frank den HollanderInteracting particle systems Statistical physics aims at describing collective behaviour in systems consisting of a very large number of interacting particles (= atoms or molecules). This is a daunting task: a glass of water or a piece of iron can easily contain 100.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 particles. Still, the hope is that the macroscopic properties of these particles […]Read article - Article
Stochastic models for random-access networks••••
February 2 2017, by Johan van Leeuwaarden, Peter van de Ven and Sem BorstWireless communication networks play a crucial role in connecting laptops, smartphones, sensors and countless physical devices, and in exchanging data among persons, computer brains and other parts of our information society.Read article - Article
A Santa Claus network•
December 19 2016, by Clara StegehuisPoor Santa has to travel all across the country to deliver all his presents. How does he do this?Read article - Article
Degrees in graphs I: the Handshake Lemma•
December 12 2016, by Remco van der HofstadA graph consists of objects called vertices and connections between them called edges. For every vertex, we can count how many neighbors it has, which is called its degree.Read article