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Two University of Iowa engineers have won funding from the National Science Foundation to develop a theory that would improve ...

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All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

A mathematical proof has finally debunked the idea that we live in a simulation, according to a group of international researchers. The theory that the universe could be a computer programme has been ...

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Evan Sharafuddin, a first-year electrical engineering PhD student, has been selected as the recipient of the Dwight E. and Jessica D. Ryland Graduate Fellowship for the 2025-26 academic year.

Abstract: Nominal sets provide a mathematical theory for some of the key concepts that arise when representing and computing with data involving atomic (or 'pure') names: freshness, abstraction and ...