My name is Lê and I believe that the greatest challenge in education is to make science and math appealing.
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Cryptography and Quantum PhysicsCryptography and Quantum Physics By Scott McKinney | Updated:2016-02 | Views: 2234 Recent discoveries in the branch of physics known as quantum mechanics have powerful applications in the field of network security – they have the potential to break forms of internet security based on mathematics such as the RSA algorithm, and also present new ways to safely send information. In this article we’ll see how a physics-based method can be used to secure online information.
Geometry and General RelativityGeometry and General Relativity By Scott McKinney | Updated:2015-12 | Views: 2800 From our “intrinsic” point-of-view on the surface of the Earth, it appears to be flat, but if we examine the Earth from the “extrinsic” point of view, somewhere off the Earth’s surface, we can see that it is clearly a curved surface. Amazingly, it is possible to determine that the Earth is spherical simply by taking measurements on its surface, and it is possible to generalize these measurements in order to study the shape of the universe. Mathematicians such as Riemann did just this, and Einstein was able to apply these geometric ideas to his “general theory of relativity”, which describes the relation between gravitation, space, and time.
Euler’s Formula and the Utilities ProblemEuler’s Formula and the Utilities Problem By Lê Nguyên Hoang | Updated:2016-01 | Views: 11817 I was a kid when I was first introduced to the deceptively simple utilities problem. It’s only lately that I’ve discovered its solution! And it’s an amazing one! Indeed, it provides a wonderful insight into some fundamental mathematics, including Euler’s formula! This is nothing less than the gateway to the wonderful world of algebraic topology!
The Thrilling Physics of ResonanceThe Thrilling Physics of Resonance By Lê Nguyên Hoang | Updated:2016-01 | Views: 14955 From the destruction of bridges and buildings to the foundations of electromagnetism and quantum mechanics, through their uses by radios or our ears,resonance is a counter-intuitive underlying phenomenon which shapes our reality. But amazingly, they can be made amazingly visual by playing with head massagers!
The Tortuous Geometry of the Flat TorusThe Tortuous Geometry of the Flat Torus By Lê Nguyên Hoang | Updated:2015-12 | Views: 14963 Take a square sheet of paper. Can you glue opposite sides without ever folding the paper? This is a conundrum that many of the greatest modern mathematicians, like Gauss, Riemann, and Mandelbrot, couldn’t figure out. While John Nash did answer yes, he couldn’t say how. After 160 years of research, Vincent Borrelli and his collaborators have finally provided a revolutionary and breathtaking example of a bending of a square sheet of paper! And it is spectacularly beautiful!
Topology: from the Basics to ConnectednessTopology: from the Basics to Connectedness By Lê Nguyên Hoang | Updated:2016-02 | Views: 5861 Topology was my favorite course in pure maths. I love it because it’s a powerful abstract theory to describe intuitive and visual ideas about space. This article gives you an introduction to this amazing field. We’ll introduce graph topology, metric spaces, continuity and connectedness.
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