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Presents a selection of topics in mathematics that have attracted particular attention in recent years. This volume is dominated by an event that shook the world in 2020 and 2021, the coronavirus (or COVID-19) pandemic. While the world turned to politicians and physicians for guidance, mathematicians played a key role in the background.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Fifty Ways to Beat a Virus (Part 1)
  • Fifty Ways to Beat a Virus (Part 2)
  • Fifty Ways to Beat a Virus (Part 3): The Enemy Within
  • Descartes' Homework
  • Square Pegs and Squiggly Holes
  • Dancing on the Edge of Impossible
  • A Climate for Math
  • Much Ado About Zero

Whats Happening in the Mathematical Sciences

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      Publisher: MP-AMM American Mathematical
      Publication Date: 6/30/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781470464981, 978-1470464981
      ISBN10: 1470464985

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents a selection of topics in mathematics that have attracted particular attention in recent years. This volume is dominated by an event that shook the world in 2020 and 2021, the coronavirus (or COVID-19) pandemic. While the world turned to politicians and physicians for guidance, mathematicians played a key role in the background.

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction
      • Fifty Ways to Beat a Virus (Part 1)
      • Fifty Ways to Beat a Virus (Part 2)
      • Fifty Ways to Beat a Virus (Part 3): The Enemy Within
      • Descartes' Homework
      • Square Pegs and Squiggly Holes
      • Dancing on the Edge of Impossible
      • A Climate for Math
      • Much Ado About Zero

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