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- Mathematicians Prove the "Omniperiodicity" of Conway's Game of Life https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/mathematicians-prove-the-omniperiodicity-of-conways-game-of-life 2 comments
- Simple Set Game Proof Stuns Mathematicians https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160531-set-proof-stuns-mathematicians/ 82 comments
- Mathematicians discover impossible problem in Super Mario games https://www.newscientist.com/article/2432195-mathematicians-discover-impossible-problem-in-super-mario-games/ 13 comments
- Mathematicians mapped “Game of Thrones” relationship to find the main character http://qz.com/650796/mathematicians-mapped-out-every-game-of-thrones-relationship-to-find-the-main-character/ 61 comments
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- Renowned Princeton Mathematician, 'Game Of Life' Inventor John Conway, Passes Away https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/mercer/obituaries/covid-19-kills-renowned-princeton-mathematician-game-of-life-inventor-john-conway-in-3-days/786461/ 2 comments math , person
- A Simple Proof From the Pattern-Matching Card Game "Set" Stuns Mathematicians http://www.wired.com/2016/06/simple-proof-card-game-set-stuns-mathematicians/ 8 comments math
- Simple Set Game Proof Stuns Mathematicians https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160531-set-proof-stuns-mathematicians/ 20 comments math
- "A mathematician and a computer are playing a game" http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/992288/mathematician-vs-computer-a-game 11 comments math
- Harold Kuhn, Princeton mathematician who advanced game theory, dies at 88 http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s40/44/14a42/index.xml?section=topstories 4 comments math
- Why can't mathematicians calculate (or agree upon) the percentage of hands of "Klondike by Three" (Solitaire) that are solvable? (Some estimate the number of solvable games is between 82% and 91.5%, others claim 66.875%.) http://bit.ly/1esz4f 3 comments askscience
- In the 1990s, a retired mathematician spotted an irregularity in the betting odds on a $1 lottery game, WinFall. After analyzing, he realized that whenever Winfall did their money rolldown after periods with no mega winners, a $1 lottery ticket was worth more than $1. He won $26 million. https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/an-elderly-mathematician-hacked-the-lottery-for-26-million-121c28faa88b?sk=37c68d65aa047c406da4c616e1fe6bd8 22 comments business
- Sad news. James Conway, mathematician, inventor of the Game of Life https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/john-conway-inventor-of-the-game-of-life-has-died-of-covid-19/ 9 comments science
- Ravens lineman and mathematician John Urschel breaks down how/if the extra point will affect the game http://www.theplayerstribune.com/nfl-extra-point-moved-back-john-urschel/ 499 comments nfl
- Mathematician John Horton Conway, inventor of the Game of Life, has passed away https://meta.mathoverflow.net/a/4513 162 comments math
- A pretty game by IM Greg Hjorth, chess player and mathematician, sadly no longer with us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfh8SFBANbo 7 comments chess
- We lost another good one: Mathematician John Conway loses Game of Life, taken by coronavirus at 82 https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/14/john_conway_obit/ 3 comments nottheonion
- A eulogy for Richard Guy, 1916-2020: "The most well-known of Guy’s discoveries is the glider in Conway’s Game of Life. He described himself as an amateur mathematician, often tackling problems that are best described as 'recreational mathematics'." https://aperiodical.com/2020/03/richard-k-guy-1916-2020/ 43 comments math
- In 2008 two mathematicians simulated the history of baseball 10,000 times to see how unlikely DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak was. About half the time the longest hit streak surpassed 56 games, and in one simulation it hit 109 games. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/opinion/30strogatz.html 112 comments baseball
- The logo of the Mars 2020 mission is an homage to the mathematician and computer scientist, John Conway, and his Game of Life. The logo creates an infinitely self replicating sequence when the pattern is entered into the the grid and allowed to generate. https://playgameoflife.com/ 4 comments science