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09.22.2026
A governing equation in quantum mechanics, the Schrödinger equation is, in practice, impossible to solve exactly. The mathematicians Éric Cancès, Mathieu Lewin, and Julien Toulouse have now proposed...
03.30.2018
From JPEG images to the detection of gravitational waves, the work of Joseph Fourier, whose 250th anniversary was celebrated last month, led to numerous modern-day applications. Yet this would not...
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10.22.2015
The universal language of science, the poetry of the Universe, or simply an intellectual vehicle? Sharing researchers' everyday life at the Institut Henri Poincaré provides an insight into the...