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For years, scientists have tried to crack a mathematical mystery: Is there an equation that can perfectly describe each and every bird egg? Variable shell shapes complicated things. But it turns out ...

Luis Caffarelli has won the 2023 Abel prize, unofficially called the Nobel prize for mathematics, for his work on a class of equations that describe many real-world physical systems, from melting ice ...

The iPad Calculator app has introduced an innovative feature called Math Notes, designed to enhance how you interact with mathematical equations. By integrating handwriting recognition, real-time ...

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 59, No. 6 (Aug. - Oct., 1999), pp. 2060-2085 (26 pages) The shape-from-shading (SFS) equation relating u(y, r), the unknown (angular) height of a surface, to ...