Why Computer Scientists Consult Oracles(quantamagazine.org)

13 points by GavCo 1 year ago | 4 comments

Undergraduate shows that searches within hash tables can be much faster(quantamagazine.org)

1175 points by Jhsto 1 year ago | 508 comments

Quanta Magazine article on an undergraduate and colleagues showing hash table searches can be faster than a 40-year-old conjecture held possible.

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

311 points by makira 1 year ago | 103 comments

Alexander Grothendieck Revolutionized 20th-Century Mathematics(quantamagazine.org)

124 points by anujbans 5 months ago | 26 comments

Where Do Scientists Think This Is All Going?(quantamagazine.org)

27 points by rolph 1 year ago | 37 comments

Math is still catching up to the genius of Ramanujan(quantamagazine.org)

782 points by philiplu 2 years ago | 399 comments

Quanta Magazine profile of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the self-taught Indian mathematician whose ideas continue to shape mathematics today.