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    New York

    How a Mathematician Spends His Sundays

    Everywhere Steven Strogatz goes in the city, he sees math.

    By Tammy La Gorce

    PRINT EDITIONSurrounded by Math (but No Parabolas)|January 30, 2022, Page MB2
    Steven Strogatz, center, in Madison Square Park with his wife, Carole Schiffman, and their dog, Murray.
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    Science

    The Math Equation That Tried to Stump the Internet

    Sometimes BODMAS is just PEMDAS by another name. And no, the answer is not 100.

    By Steven Strogatz

    PRINT EDITION8 ÷ 2 (2 + 2) =|August 3, 2019, Page A10
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    Science

    That Vexing Math Equation? Here’s an Addition

    The confusion (likely intentional) boiled down to a discrepancy between the math rules used in grade school and in high school.

    By Steven Strogatz

    A math equation recently stirred up trouble by seeming to offer two equally valid, and very different, solutions. Some software programs flatly refused to take the bait.
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    Art & Design

    A Time Capsule of Human Creativity, Stored in the Sky

    The Lunar Codex, an archive of contemporary art, poetry and other cultural artifacts of life on Earth, is headed to the moon.

    By J. D. Biersdorfer

    PRINT EDITIONLaunching a Time Capsule of Human Creativity|July 28, 2023, Page C12
    A digital copy of “New Moon,” a 1980 color serigraph by the Canadian artist Alex Colville, is included in the Lunar Codex.

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    Science

    Who’s Afraid of Big Numbers?

    Pretty much everyone. But it doesn’t have to be that way, two mathematicians contend.

    By Aiyana Green and Steven Strogatz

    PRINT EDITIONWho’s Afraid of Extremely Large Numbers?|June 22, 2021, Page D4
    “Rescaling” huge sums, like thinking of the national deficit in terms of a four-person family’s household income, can help people better fathom enormity.
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    New York

    New York Leaders Spar Over Adams’s Plan to Move Migrants From the City

    Suburban officials are reluctant to accept asylum seekers from New York City, with one Rockland County town securing a court order to stop Mayor Adams’s plan.

    By Dana Rubinstein, Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Jeffery C. Mays

    PRINT EDITIONNew York’s Leaders Spar Over Relocating Migrants|May 11, 2023, Page A16
    Gov. Kathy Hochul issued an executive order allowing her to mobilize another 500 National Guardsmen to help manage migrant intake, on top of the 1,000 the state has already mobilized.
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    Gameplay

    Steven Strogatz and The Joy of x

    Can you find the elegant solution to this puzzle from award-winning mathematician Steven Strogatz’s new book “The Joy of x”?

    By Gary Antonick

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    Movies

    Summer Movies 2023: Here’s What’s Coming to Theaters and Streaming

    Barbie springs to life, Indy swings into action and Spidey slings new webs. Here are 107 films for movie lovers of all tastes.

    By Ben Kenigsberg

    PRINT EDITIONThe Listings|May 28, 2023, Page AR10
    “Barbie,” starring Margot Robbie, makes the leap from regular-size doll to big-screen leading lady.
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    Gameplay

    Steven Strogatz and ‘The Joy of x,’ Part 2

    Can you estimate the solution to this theater-seating problem from Steven Strogatz’ new book “The Joy of x”?

    By Gary Antonick

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    Science

    One Giant Step for a Chess-Playing Machine

    The stunning success of AlphaZero, a deep-learning algorithm, heralds a new age of insight — one that, for humans, may not last long.

    By Steven Strogatz

    PRINT EDITIONJanuary 8, 2019, Page D1
    Televisions broadcasting the Google DeepMind Challenge Match between Google’s artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo, a predecessor of AlphaZero, and South Korean professional Go player, Lee Sedol, in an electronics store in Seoul in 2016. The computer won the match.
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