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
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
At Illinois, he started the work that brought him to prominence in the field of combinatorics, an area of math that figures out the number of ways things can be shuffled.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 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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