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"The device is really a piece of art," University at Albany researcher Kevin Knuth told Newsweek of the instrument that guided the Vostok 1 spacecraft around the Earth sixty years ago today.
The Most-Used Mathematical Algorithm Idea in History An octillion. A billion billion billion. That’s a fairly conservative estimate of the number of times a cellphone or other device somewhere in the world has generated a bit using a maximum-length linear-feedback shift register sequence. It’s probably the single most-used mathematical algorithm idea in history. And the main originator of this idea was Solomon Golomb, who died on May 1—and whom I knew for 35 years. Solomon Golomb’s classic book Shift Register Sequences, published in 1967—based on his work in the 1950s—went out of...
ASU is continuing its efforts to fight racial discrimination on campus through the LIFT Initiative.
ASU announced the opening of The Difference Engine: An ASU Center for the Future of Equality to work on combating injustices in both local and national communities.
The Durham computer pioneer who helped inspire the UN's Day of Women and Girls in Science We re-visit the story of Ada Lovelace, a Victorian mathematician who helped inspire the United Nations event held on February 11 Get the latest County Durham news and updates delivered straight to your inbox - sign up for free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy No...