The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get ...

Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of our understanding - and ...

One of the most classic algorithmic problems deals with calculating the shortest path between two points. A more complicated variant of the problem is when the route traverses a changing network - ...

In a world run by computers, there is one algorithm that stands above all the rest. It powers search engines, encrypts your data, guides rockets, runs simulations, and makes the modern digital ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We describe a simplification of a recent polynomial-time algorithm of A. I. Barvinok for counting the number of lattice points in a polyhedron ...

In a recent work [6], Borwein and Borwein derived a class of algorithms based on the theory of elliptic integrals that yield very rapidly convergent approximations to elementary constants. The author ...

Cathy O’Neil believes there is a dark side to numbers. A mathematician by training, she earned her doctorate at Harvard and went on to become a tenure-track professor at Barnard College. In 2007, ...