Santa Barbara Math Ellipse team members Elena Beckman, Sabrina Avolio, Seungyoo Kim-Jung and Miranda Li post a perfect score. (Courtesy photo) Santa Barbara Math Ellipse (SBME) has learned that its ...
In math, the search for optimal patterns never ends. The sphere-packing problem — which asks how to cram balls into a (high-dimensional) box as efficiently as possible — is no exception. It has ...