combinatorics
Americannoun
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He began pulling in different areas of math outside of combinatorics, including finite geometry, algebra and probability.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024
They enlisted software developer Joseph Samuel Myers and University of Arkansas mathematician Chaim Goodman-Strauss, who had both worked with tiling and combinatorics in the past.
From Scientific American • Jul. 31, 2023
In July, his work in geometric combinatorics won him the Fields Medal, given every four years to mathematicians younger than 40 and known as the “Nobel Prize in Mathematics.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2022
In some areas, like group theory or combinatorics, this link is very specific and direct.
From Salon • Sep. 20, 2020
Moody thought of math class: a practical application of combinatorics.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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