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Indian-origin aerospace engineering graduate student Divya Tyagi at Penn State University has upgraded a mathematical concept ...

A breakthrough by a Pennsylvania State University student has breathed new life into a century-old aerodynamic equation, unlocking modern solutions for wind turbine performance and sustainable energy ...

The Department of Mathematics consists of the Mathematical Institute and the Freudenthal Institute. Mathematical research and academic education become one within the Mathematical Institute. The ...

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This hidden math in some abstract paintings may even underlie our ability to recognise such artwork as depictions of trees, according to the research, published in the journal PNAS Nexus.

Hong Wang, an associate professor at NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and Joshua Zahl, an associate professor in UBC's Department of Mathematics, have shown that Kakeya sets ...

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