Mathematicians from the California Institute of Technology have solved an old problem related to a mathematical process called a random walk. The team, which also worked with a colleague from Israel’s ...

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Back when the internet was young, the primary users were its builders, math and tech-oriented academics spread around the country. As a result, math jokes have an elemental role in the history of the ...