Tag: physics
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The Hardness of Proving Hardness: Selecting Minimum Riesz Energy Subsets on a Line

Figure: Logarithmically scaled Riesz interaction matrix for a random set of 30 points on the unit interval, with cell sizes proportional to the distances between points. Each rectangle corresponds to a pair of points: darker cells indicate stronger interactions (points that are closer on the line), while lighter cells indicate weaker interactions. Off-diagonal entries show…
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Triangularized: Sierpinski’s Gasket and Pascal’s Triangle
Triangularized: Sierpinski’s Gasket and Pascal’s Triangle Michael Emmerich, September 28th. 2024 Introduction The Sierpinski Gasket is a fractal pattern named after the Polish mathematician Wacław Sierpiński (1882–1969). Sierpiński was a prominent figure in set theory, number theory, and topology, and he introduced several well-known fractals, including the Sierpinski Gasket (also known as the Sierpinski Triangle)…