ELISABETH BUSSER
226 articles published in Tangente
Math for everyoneN°172Sep 14, 2016Autonomous vehicles: mathematical questions of life and death
How can morality be programmed into autonomous vehicles? The question, worthy of science-fiction novels, is topical today.
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Math for everyoneN°172Sep 14, 2016Deus ex machina: in mathematics too!
Looking for a simple, unexpected solution to a difficult problem? A deus ex machina can sometimes provide a surprise resolution to a desperate mathematical situation. Combinatorics, arithmetic and geometry are fertile ground for such an "aha!" moment.
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History and CultureN°172Sep 14, 2016Roger Godement, an extraordinary mathematician and fierce antimilitarist
Who has not had Roger Godement's monumental Cours d'algèbre on their shelves—the textbook that introduced generations of budding mathematicians to linear algebra and undoubtedly taught them to love it?
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Math for everyoneN°171Aug 01, 2016A practical protractor at last!
What could be more commonplace in geometry than a protractor?
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Math for everyoneN°171Aug 01, 2016This polyhedron is dangerous
Behind this polyhedron, a virus
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Math for everyoneN°171Aug 01, 2016Cancer: maths to beat the disease
"At a time when medicine can join forces with mathematics to predict how a cancer develops, it is high time we rethought our prejudices about maths — and, while we're at it, about women mathematicians…"
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Games and ChallengesN°171Jul 07, 2016Have you heard of Yakazu?
There are dozens of number-grid puzzles, often hugely popular. Yakazu, created in 2015 by hobbyist Patrick Tirone, is perhaps a little less so.
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Math for everyoneN°171Jul 07, 2016Crocodile tears
So many tears shed in Scotland over this famous crocodile problem!
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Math for everyoneN°171Jul 07, 2016The chocolate equation
Coating roasted hazelnuts, almonds, candies, sugar Easter hares or other tempting shells in chocolate is generally no trouble at all for chocolatiers.
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Math for everyoneN°171Jul 07, 2016Shedding light on shadows
As summer begins and temperatures soar, we all seek out a little spot sheltered from the sun. Let us not forget that drawing shadows is where perspective begins! Seeing an object's shadow already means recognizing it to some extent—and therefore knowing how to draw it in 3D.
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History and CultureN°171Jul 07, 2016François Morellet, geometry staged
How many times, in these pages, have we mentioned the works of François Morellet, this artist possessed by geometry...
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Math for everyoneN°171Jul 07, 2016Fascinating prime numbers
A look at the latest theorems about prime numbers, which continue to inspire just as much as ever.
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