Probability underlies much of the modern world – an engineering professor explains how it actually works

Probability underpins AI, cryptography and statistics. However, as the philosopher Bertrand Russell said, “Probability is the ...
Arizona Daily Star

The Math Hidden Inside a Plinko Board: How a Simple Pegboard Teaches One of the Most Important Concepts in Science

Provided content. One ball on a Plinko board is unpredictable. Drop a thousand and they form a near-perfect bell curve—one of math’s most powerful ideas for 150+ years.
Tech Xplore

Choosing experiments randomly can help scientists develop better theories, new model reveals

The race to develop a virtual scientist—an AI creation that conducts every stage of research, from idea to publication—has ...
Dot Physics on MSN

Python physics lesson 19: Learn how Monte Carlo approximates pi

Explore Python Physics Lesson 19 and learn how the Monte Carlo method can approximate Pi with simple yet powerful simulations. In this lesson, we break down the Monte Carlo technique step by step, ...
Scientific American

This mathematician proved a brilliant theorem to justify his social awkwardness

George Pólya’s random walk theorem absolved him of being a lurker and revealed how the laws of chance interact with physical ...

Scientists Solve One of the Most Notorious Open Problems in Math

Mathematicians from the California Institute of Technology have solved an old problem related to a mathematical process called a random walk.