Tag: algebra

  • Campus & Community

    New faculty: Lauren Williams

    The Gazette sits down with Lauren Williams, the second woman to be tenured in Harvard’s Math Department and the Seaver Professor at the Radcliffe Institute.

    4–6 minutes
    Lauren Williams.
  • Science & Tech

    Solving the problem of the calculus whiz

    New Harvard research challenges conventional wisdom on what it takes to excel in calculus.

    3–5 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Picture-perfect approach to science

    After creating a 3-D language called quon, which could be used to understand concepts related to quantum information theory, Harvard mathematicians now say the language offers tantalizing hints that it could offer insight into a host of other areas in mathematics, from algebra to Fourier analysis, and in theoretical physics from statistical physics to string…

    5–7 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Making math more Lego-like

    A trio of Harvard researchers has developed a new 3-D pictorial language for mathematics with potential as a tool across a wide spectrum, from pure math to physics.

    3–5 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    How the brain builds new thoughts

    A new study suggests that two adjacent brain regions allow humans to use a sort of conceptual algebra to construct thoughts.

    3–5 minutes