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Yale’s Sam Raskin solved a major portion of a math question long considered the field’s “Rosetta Stone.”

Raskin worked with Dennis Gaitsgory of the Max Planck Institute and a team of seven other mathematicians to solve the geometry portion of the Langlands Conjectures,
which suggested in the 1960s that deep, unproven connections exist between number theory, harmonic analysis, and geometry
— three areas of math long considered distinctly separate. news.yale.edu/2024/11/01/geome

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The migration of birds is a journey of faith, a testament to their instinct and their ability to navigate vast distances, reminding us that even in the face of uncertainty, there is always a path forward.

Too much 'me me me' talk here, now. This instance looks more and more like the early twitter.

(but who cares?)

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Learn TRIGONOMETRY with Julia - Math for entry-level IT professionals, vol. 2, 💥 🆕 is available here:
leanpub.com/learntrigonometryw

> "Trigonometry is one of those topics that keep appearing again and again, even in very simple gamedev projects. ..."
– Fundamental Math for Game Developers, by Gustavo Pezzi on pikuma.com

> Nowadays trigonometry is used in countless work and scientific activities.
– from the Intro of the book

> "CSS, the language that helps websites become so cumbersome (...), is learning some new tricks. Soon, web developers will be able to use it to perform simple math functions. ... The trigonometry functions were approved in a late February meeting of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) CSS Working Group. ..."
– CSS is Getting Trigonometry Functions to Help Web Devs Avoid JavaScript, by Nate Swanner on dice.com

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