For algorithms, a little memory outweighs a lot of time(quantamagazine.org)

311 points by makira 1 year ago | 103 comments

How randomness can improve algorithms(quantamagazine.org)

51 points by nsoonhui 3 years ago | 19 comments

Computer scientists prove that heat destroys quantum entanglement(quantamagazine.org)

132 points by isaacfrond 2 years ago | 80 comments

Computer scientists discover limits of gradient descent (2021)(quantamagazine.org)

141 points by Anon84 3 years ago | 96 comments

New book-sorting algorithm almost reaches perfection(quantamagazine.org)

231 points by isaacfrond 1 year ago | 50 comments

A New Approach to Computation Reimagines Artificial Intelligence(quantamagazine.org)

47 points by theafh 3 years ago | 25 comments

With fifth busy beaver, researchers approach computation's limits(quantamagazine.org)

496 points by LegionMammal978 2 years ago | 127 comments

Quanta Magazine article on how a collaborative team of amateur programmers proved the value of the fifth busy beaver number, BB(5).

Biology might not be quantum, but its math is quantumlike(quantamagazine.org)

112 points by pseudolus 1 month ago | 49 comments

Quanta Magazine article arguing that while biology may not rely on quantum effects, the mathematics describing biological systems resembles quantum math.

Everyone is capable of, and can benefit from, mathematical thinking(quantamagazine.org)

533 points by sonabinu 1 year ago | 303 comments

Quanta Magazine Q&A with mathematician David Bessis arguing that everyone is capable of, and can benefit from, mathematical thinking.

OpenAI just dropped 700 preprints of mathematical proofs and counterexamples(github.com)

20 points by tootie 19 days ago | 6 comments

GitHub directory in OpenAI's math repository containing hundreds of preprints of mathematical proofs and counterexamples.

Researchers have found a faster way to do integer linear programming(quantamagazine.org)

443 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 176 comments

Quanta Magazine article on researchers finding a much faster algorithm for integer linear programming, approaching a theoretical speed limit.

Sharing AI progress in mathematics(openai.com)

1314 points by OfficialTurkey 19 days ago | 1488 comments

OpenAI research publication page announcing its AI progress in mathematics, linking to a GitHub repository of math results and preprints.