Kevin Hartnett
Editor-in-Chief, Stripe at Freelance
Chief editor @stripe. Formerly math editor @quantamagazine and Brainiac columnist @bostonglobe.
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2 weeks ago |
quantamagazine.org | Steve Nadis |Kevin Hartnett
Introduction Growing up, Tai-Danae Bradley had no love for math. In 2008, she entered the City College of New York, where she played for the basketball team and hoped to start a career in sports nutrition. She saw her math courses as a curricular hurdle that only geniuses could really excel in. “I’d have rather had all my teeth pulled than do it for a living,” she said. But in her sophomore year, her calculus professor changed her mind.
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1 month ago |
quantamagazine.org | Kevin Hartnett
Every day, researchers search for optimal solutions. They might want to figure out where to build a major airline hub. Or to determine how to maximize return while minimizing risk in an investment portfolio. Or to develop self-driving cars that can distinguish between traffic lights and stop signs. Mathematically, these problems get translated into a search for the minimum values of functions. But in all these scenarios, the functions are too complicated to assess directly.
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May 18, 2024 |
spektrum.de | Kevin Hartnett
HintergrundLesedauer ca. 11 MinutenDruckenTeilenMathematische Physik: Eine neue Art der SymmetrieSymmetrie bedeutet, dass man weniger Details im Blick behalten muss – in der Teilchen- und Quantenphysik genauso wie beim Fliesenlegen. Mit »höheren Symmetrien« wurde ein neues Ordnungsprinzip entdeckt. Übersetzung ausJeder bedeutende Fortschritt in der theoretischen Physik der letzten 100 Jahre hängt mit Symmetrien zusammen.
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May 15, 2024 |
spektrum.de | Kevin Hartnett
HintergrundLesedauer ca. 10 MinutenDruckenTeilenLanglands-Programm: Ungeahnte Verbindung zwischen Physik und ZahlentheorieDie Kür in der Mathematik besteht darin, Brücken zwischen verschiedenen Gebieten zu schlagen. Nun haben drei Forscher einen Zusammenhang zwischen Elektromagnetismus, Geometrie und Zahlentheorie entdeckt. Übersetzung ausAls der australische Mathematiker Akshay Venkatesh im Jahr 2018 eine der höchsten Auszeichnungen der Mathematik erhielt, trug er einen Zettel bei sich.
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May 6, 2024 |
quantamagazine.org | Kevin Hartnett
IntroductionIn 1940, from a jailhouse in Rouen, France, André Weil wrote one of the most consequential letters of 20th-century mathematics. He was serving time for refusing to join the French army, and he filled his days in part by writing letters to his sister, Simone, an accomplished philosopher living in London. In a previous letter, Simone had asked André to tell her about his work.
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My latest story for @QuantaMagazine: a faster algorithm for minimizing polynomials https://t.co/1TKh2mhaMC
RT @fsgbooks: Quanta Books will publish its first book in Spring 2026. Kevin Hartnett’s THE PROOF IN THE CODE is the definitive account of…
I'm excited to share that my book, "The Proof in the Code," will be the first title released by @QuantaBks, a new imprint from @FSG_books and @SimonsFdn. It's the story of how @leanprover is transforming math research. Coming Spring 2026.
🚨New book announcement!🚨 @KSHartnett's THE PROOF IN THE CODE (coming 2026) tells the gripping story of the birth and rise of Lean, a Microsoft program transforming the world of mathematics. A timely challenge to our assumptions about who–or what–can do math. https://t.co/5AynGPUzfU
