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44 articles published in Tangente
Math for everyoneNov 25, 2019The 2019 Tangente Awards: the winners
The 2019 Tangente Awards were presented on Saturday, November 30, at the Palais du Luxembourg. As usual, they honored outstanding books and projects involving mathematics.
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N°75Sep 23, 2019Editorial
The scientific committee that coordinated this issue consists of Christian Artigues, Nadia Brauner Vettier, François Clautiaux and Pierre Fouilhoux.
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Math for everyoneN°189Jul 16, 2019Sculptor Philippe Charbonneau has died
The artist Philippe Charbonneau (1936–2019), well known to Tangente readers, died a few days after the Mathematical Culture and Games Fair, which he had attended.
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History and CultureN°188May 28, 2019France at the forefront!
It took many a political battle, but today France can pride itself on having world-class centers dedicated to music research.
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Math for everyoneN°188May 28, 2019Mathematics enters musical composition
The deep connections between mathematics and music in the process of composition grew richer during the twentieth century.
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Math for everyoneN°186Jan 23, 2019Writing for Tangente in 2019
What if you, too, wrote for Tangente? To that end, the Club Tangente is getting an early start on its 2019 Best Article Prize (PMA), organized in partnership with the CultureMath website and the APMEP.
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Math for everyoneN°186Jan 23, 2019Let’s play with 2019
We thought 2019 was an unremarkable number. Not at all! As it does every year, the Tangente team has surpassed itself in uncovering its finer qualities.
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History and CultureN°186Jan 23, 2019Three exceptional mathematicians we have lost
The days following Christmas 2018 were particularly cruel for the mathematical community. In addition to Jean Bourgain, we learned of the deaths of Elias Menachem Stein (193–12018), Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer (1927–2018) and Sir Michael Francis Atiyah (1929–2019).
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History and CultureN°185Nov 30, 2018Combinatorics, past and present: An interview with Pierre Duchet
The study of combinatorial structures is a recent branch of mathematics, rich in counting problems. A journey into a far too little-known realm.
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History and CultureN°185Nov 21, 2018Breakthrough Prize awarded to Vincent Lafforgue
French mathematician Vincent Lafforgue, brother of 2002 Fields Medalist Laurent Lafforgue, has won the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, worth $3 million, "for his fundamental and elegant contributions to the Langlands program in the function field case."
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History and CultureN°185Nov 21, 2018Tangente awards 2018
Ever since Napoleon's coronation in 1804, 2 December has been a day for coronations. Here are the many winners of Club Tangente's 2018 competitions and prizes, honoured at the Musée des Arts et Métiers.
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History and CultureN°183Jul 17, 2018Who will win the Fields Medal in 2018?
The International Congress of Mathematicians, where numerous prizes are awarded, including the famous Fields Medals, is held every four years. This summer, it will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 1 to 9.
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