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Mathematicians are fascinated by the elegance and beauty of the ideas behind mathematical theories. Their personal stories are equally important and interesting as their discoveries.
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Percolation game is online!•
May 21 2021, by Network PagesThe networks game is online and ready to be used! The goal of the game? To show how percolation works on a network created by the people participating in the game!Read article - Update
Brouwer medal to David Aldous••
May 7 2021, by Nicos StarreveldOn the 6th of April David Aldous received the Brouwer Medal 2020 for his contributions to probability theory.Read article - Article
How to Plan for a Pandemic? An interview with Hans Heesterbeek•
April 30 2021, by Ana-Maria Olteniceanu, Maurik Engelbert van Bevervoorde, Maurits Flos and Riccardo TorlainiProf. dr. ir. Hans Heesterbeek, one of the leading infectious disease epidemiologists in the Netherlands, is a busy man. Fortunately for us, Hans Heesterbeek had a gap in his schedule to yet again answer some questions, this time not asked by professional journalists, but by us, four students from the Technical University in Eindhoven.Read article - Update
Online webinar: Mathematics and COVID-19•
April 18 2021, by Network PagesA webinar organized by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences on social network modelling and the spread of infectious diseases.Read article - Article
Secrets of numbers••
March 12 2021, by Nicos StarreveldNumbers are just amazing, as a child numbers are one the first things you learn. You try to count as far as possible, the first goal is to reach 10, then 20, then 50, finally you reach 100. Thanks to our computers you can find many cool things about large numbers!Read article