Sorry

This feed does not validate.

In addition, interoperability with the widest range of feed readers could be improved by implementing the following recommendations.

Source: http://rss.sciam.com/sciam/math

  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:pugpig="http://schema.pugpig.com/rss/" version="2.0">
  2. <channel>
  3. <title>Scientific American - Math</title>
  4. <link>http://www.scientificamerican.com</link>
  5. <description></description>
  6. <image><url>https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/assets/Image/newsletter/salogo.png</url><title>Scientific American</title><link>http://www.scientificamerican.com</link></image>
  7. <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:09:07 GMT</pubDate>
  8. <language>en-us</language>
  9. <copyright>Scientific American, a Division of Springer Nature America, Inc.</copyright>
  10. <itunes:author>Scientific American</itunes:author>
  11. <itunes:owner><itunes:email>multimedia@sciam.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner>
  12. <xhtml:meta content="noindex" name="robots" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/><item>
  13. <title>The Decimal Point Is 150 Years Older than Historians Thought</title>
  14. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-decimal-point-is-150-years-older-than-historians-thought/</link>
  15. <guid isPermaLink="false">AFAF5A7E-8F4A-43C5-96205CD54B68D4C4</guid>
  16. <pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  17. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;The origin of the decimal point, a powerful calculation tool, has been traced back to a mathematician who lived during the Italian Renaissance&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  18. <description>&lt;p&gt;The origin of the decimal point, a powerful calculation tool, has been traced back to a mathematician who lived during the Italian Renaissance&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  19. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="4166434" height="496" type="image/jpeg" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/FFC8044A-4ED7-49DF-8E73A6E8825018B7_source.jpg" width="790">
  20. <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Astronomer Giovanni Bianchini presenting Emperor Frederick III with his book <em>Tabulae Astrologiae</em>.]]></media:description>
  21. <media:credit><![CDATA[Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo]]></media:credit>
  22. </media:content><dc:creator>Jo Marchant, Nature magazine</dc:creator><category>Math</category><category>Mathematics</category><category>Social Sciences</category><category>History</category></item>
  23. <item>
  24. <title>The Strangely Serious Implications of Math's 'Ham Sandwich Theorem'</title>
  25. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-strangely-serious-implications-of-maths-ham-sandwich-theorem/</link>
  26. <guid isPermaLink="false">80267FA1-624C-41B4-B1C6EB6E21AB5CB3</guid>
  27. <pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2024 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  28. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;A simple solution to gerrymandering crumbles when confronted with math&amp;rsquo;s &amp;lsquo;ham sandwich theorem&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  29. <description>&lt;p&gt;A simple solution to gerrymandering crumbles when confronted with math&amp;rsquo;s &amp;lsquo;ham sandwich theorem&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  30. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="4718107" height="496" type="image/jpeg" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/29BBE4A7-6BC0-4B6E-885ECB10EBDB9980_source.jpg" width="790">
  31. <media:credit><![CDATA[Miguel Perfectti/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
  32. </media:content><dc:creator>Jack Murtagh</dc:creator><category>Math</category><category>Mathematics</category></item>
  33. <item>
  34. <title>Secret Mathematical Patterns Revealed in Bach's Music</title>
  35. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/secret-mathematical-patterns-revealed-in-bachs-music/</link>
  36. <guid isPermaLink="false">4B451A46-46CD-4460-9C4F993D51940B53</guid>
  37. <pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
  38. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;Physicists found that the music of Johann Sebastian Bach contains mathematical patterns that help convey information&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  39. <description>&lt;p&gt;Physicists found that the music of Johann Sebastian Bach contains mathematical patterns that help convey information&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  40. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="8474374" height="496" type="image/jpeg" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/0E6808B7-A5D7-49E7-A6BD9D173408CD2A_source.jpg" width="790">
  41. <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Bach's prelude for klavier score.]]></media:description>
  42. <media:credit><![CDATA[PFMphotostock/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
  43. </media:content><dc:creator>Elise Cutts</dc:creator><category>Math</category><category>Mathematics</category><category>Space &amp; Physics</category></item>
  44. <item>
  45. <title>Surreal Numbers Are a Real Thing. Here's How to Make Them</title>
  46. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/surreal-numbers-are-a-real-thing-heres-how-to-make-them/</link>
  47. <guid isPermaLink="false">B4AA3FA1-DF1D-4860-9A2EB4E8FD3B6BEF</guid>
  48. <pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  49. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;In the 1970s mathematicians found a simple way to create all numbers, from the infinitely small to infinitely large&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  50. <description>&lt;p&gt;In the 1970s mathematicians found a simple way to create all numbers, from the infinitely small to infinitely large&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  51. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="4070291" height="496" type="image/jpeg" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/59F2DEC5-13F7-47B1-B3BB936CE4553C53_source.jpeg" width="790">
  52. <media:credit><![CDATA[Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
  53. </media:content><dc:creator>Manon Bischoff</dc:creator><category>Math</category><category>Mathematics</category></item>
  54. <item>
  55. <title>How String Theory Solved Math's Monstrous Moonshine Problem</title>
  56. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-string-theory-solved-maths-monstrous-moonshine-problem/</link>
  57. <guid isPermaLink="false">F7FE78B5-A079-40D3-841A566B23EE4296</guid>
  58. <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  59. <atom:updated>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 13:38:51 GMT</atom:updated>
  60. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;A concept from theoretical physics helped confirm the strange connection between two completely different areas of mathematics&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  61. <description>&lt;p&gt;A concept from theoretical physics helped confirm the strange connection between two completely different areas of mathematics&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  62. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="1956298" height="496" type="image/jpeg" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/1E94AB0B-7DC0-4695-9EDCD39444D2387A_source.jpeg" width="790">
  63. <media:credit><![CDATA[VladGans/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
  64. </media:content><dc:creator>Manon Bischoff</dc:creator><category>Math</category><category>Mathematics</category></item>
  65. <item>
  66. <title>Scientists Destroy Illusion That Coin Toss Flips Are 50–50</title>
  67. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-destroy-illusion-that-coin-toss-flips-are-50-50/</link>
  68. <guid isPermaLink="false">6C40BF3C-CB32-4FB8-B7ED369593FA152B</guid>
  69. <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  70. <atom:updated>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:40:33 GMT</atom:updated>
  71. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;Researchers go to great lengths to prove a tiny bias in coin flipping&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  72. <description>&lt;p&gt;Researchers go to great lengths to prove a tiny bias in coin flipping&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  73. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="121467" height="496" type="image/jpeg" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/3FE9ABC3-2CC3-41D8-AE636C8A1CD61909_source.jpeg" width="790">
  74. <media:credit><![CDATA[Thomas Fuchs]]></media:credit>
  75. </media:content><dc:creator>Shi En Kim</dc:creator><category>Advances</category><category>Math</category><category>Statistics</category></item>
  76. <item>
  77. <title>Tomorrow's Quantum Computers Threaten Today's Secrets. Here's How to Protect Them</title>
  78. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tomorrows-quantum-computers-threaten-todays-secrets-heres-how-to-protect-them/</link>
  79. <guid isPermaLink="false">6D44DCD9-5C10-4176-883893A3A017AD21</guid>
  80. <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  81. <atom:updated>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:48:51 GMT</atom:updated>
  82. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;Researchers are racing to create codes so complex that even quantum computers can&amp;rsquo;t break them&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  83. <description>&lt;p&gt;Researchers are racing to create codes so complex that even quantum computers can&amp;rsquo;t break them&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  84. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="567696" height="496" type="image/jpeg" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/5C818745-C8A4-42B2-BC93F8A6BA4429B8_source.jpg" width="790">
  85. <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[A future quantum computer, far more powerful than this one, will be able to break the cryptographic codes that secure our communications.]]></media:description>
  86. <media:credit><![CDATA[Christopher Payne/Esto]]></media:credit>
  87. </media:content><dc:creator>Kelsey Houston-Edwards</dc:creator><category>Features</category><category>Math</category><category>Mathematics</category></item>
  88. <item>
  89. <title>These Numbers Look Random but Aren't, Mathematicians Prove</title>
  90. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/these-numbers-look-random-but-arent-mathematicians-prove/</link>
  91. <guid isPermaLink="false">482F11DB-6E8E-448F-9536BBC2DF6BF74A</guid>
  92. <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  93. <atom:updated>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:16:54 GMT</atom:updated>
  94. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;A new mathematical proof helps show whether a sequence of numbers is &amp;ldquo;pseudorandom&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  95. <description>&lt;p&gt;A new mathematical proof helps show whether a sequence of numbers is &amp;ldquo;pseudorandom&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  96. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="986679" height="496" type="image/jpeg" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/6284F581-96A1-4D49-9F1B9F22EA328189_source.jpg" width="790">
  97. <media:credit><![CDATA[Talaj/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
  98. </media:content><dc:creator>Christopher Lutsko</dc:creator><category>Math</category><category>Mathematics</category><category>Technology</category></item>
  99. <item>
  100. <title>A Wild Claim about the Powers of Pi Creates a Transcendental Mystery</title>
  101. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-wild-claim-about-the-powers-of-pi-creates-a-transcendental-mystery/</link>
  102. <guid isPermaLink="false">7AB35F17-2CF0-4BE4-8E1E2386DD7C4938</guid>
  103. <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  104. <atom:updated>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 16:49:02 GMT</atom:updated>
  105. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;Mathematicians cannot determine whether multiplying pi by itself repeatedly might produce a whole number&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  106. <description>&lt;p&gt;Mathematicians cannot determine whether multiplying pi by itself repeatedly might produce a whole number&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  107. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="744543" height="496" type="image/jpeg" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/A9E7FCB1-8D9E-4859-8D46859B3E494654_source.jpeg" width="790">
  108. <media:credit><![CDATA[BeholdingEye/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
  109. </media:content><dc:creator>Manon Bischoff</dc:creator><category>Math</category><category>Mathematics</category></item>
  110. <item>
  111. <title>This Nomadic Eccentric Was the Most Prolific Mathematician in History</title>
  112. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-nomadic-eccentric-was-the-most-prolific-mathematician-in-history/</link>
  113. <guid isPermaLink="false">29A12095-CC39-4F60-80430CB3BF7A4EE1</guid>
  114. <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
  115. <atom:updated>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 22:27:46 GMT</atom:updated>
  116. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;The bizarre life and legacy of Paul Erd&amp;#337;s, the most prolific mathematician ever&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  117. <description>&lt;p&gt;The bizarre life and legacy of Paul Erd&amp;#337;s, the most prolific mathematician ever&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  118. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="1008863" height="496" type="image/jpeg" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/A67123EE-BADE-4F4E-803E2E7838D54AE5_source.jpg" width="790">
  119. <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Paul Erd&#337;s (<em>left</em>) with his colleagues Arthur Herald Stone and Shizuo Kakutani.]]></media:description>
  120. <media:credit><![CDATA[New York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
  121. </media:content><dc:creator>Jack Murtagh</dc:creator><category>Math</category><category>Mathematics</category><category>Culture</category></item>
  122. <item>
  123. <title>Math Explains Why Your Friends Are More Popular Than You</title>
  124. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/math-explains-why-your-friends-are-more-popular-than-you/</link>
  125. <guid isPermaLink="false">2A94283A-6FA0-41CA-AF97415B923C3A24</guid>
  126. <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
  127. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;The inspection paradox makes sense of social networks, long train wait times and why the call center is always busy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  128. <description>&lt;p&gt;The inspection paradox makes sense of social networks, long train wait times and why the call center is always busy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  129. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="4256342" height="496" type="image/png" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/A1E789CC-7BE4-4712-A54A6C5F05192FDF_source.png" width="790">
  130. <media:credit><![CDATA[kali9/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
  131. </media:content><dc:creator>Jack Murtagh</dc:creator><category>Math</category><category>Mathematics</category></item>
  132. <item>
  133. <title>AI Matches the Abilities of the Best Math Olympians</title>
  134. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-matches-the-abilities-of-the-best-math-olympians/</link>
  135. <guid isPermaLink="false">74903883-26E6-4EB1-B043004221C9EE8D</guid>
  136. <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  137. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;Until now computers have failed to solve mathematical problems. But the AI program AlphaGeometry has succeeded in finding proofs for dozens of theorems from the International Mathematical Olympiad&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  138. <description>&lt;p&gt;Until now computers have failed to solve mathematical problems. But the AI program AlphaGeometry has succeeded in finding proofs for dozens of theorems from the International Mathematical Olympiad&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  139. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="934053" height="496" type="image/jpeg" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/05A79557-8D94-44A7-AC079DBEE26E663B_source.jpg" width="790">
  140. <media:credit><![CDATA[Iana Kunitsa/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
  141. </media:content><dc:creator>Manon Bischoff</dc:creator><category>Math</category><category>Technology</category><category>Artificial Intelligence</category></item>
  142. <item>
  143. <title>Simple Math Creates Infinite and Bizarre Automorphic Numbers</title>
  144. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/simple-math-creates-infinite-and-bizarre-automorphic-numbers/</link>
  145. <guid isPermaLink="false">479A69B1-5B3D-47F1-85B76083631D9143</guid>
  146. <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  147. <atom:updated>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:09:10 GMT</atom:updated>
  148. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;Squaring numbers can have surprising consequences&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  149. <description>&lt;p&gt;Squaring numbers can have surprising consequences&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  150. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="1875342" height="496" type="image/jpeg" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/5B151800-36AD-4142-A78E57F7571FB9BE_source.jpg" width="790">
  151. <media:credit><![CDATA[jvphoto/Alamy Stock Photo]]></media:credit>
  152. </media:content><dc:creator>Manon Bischoff</dc:creator><category>Math</category><category>Mathematics</category></item>
  153. <item>
  154. <title>Podcasts of the Year: Cleo, the Mysterious Math Menace</title>
  155. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/podcasts-of-the-year-cleo-the-mysterious-math-menace/</link>
  156. <guid isPermaLink="false">182EC7FC-A21A-40AA-A8DA4E0CEC900B8C</guid>
  157. <pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2023 20:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
  158. <atom:updated>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 15:08:40 GMT</atom:updated>
  159. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;In 2013 a new user named Cleo took an online math forum by storm with unproved answers. Today she&amp;rsquo;s an urban legend. But who was she? A 2023 editor's pick.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  160. <description>&lt;p&gt;In 2013 a new user named Cleo took an online math forum by storm with unproved answers. Today she&amp;rsquo;s an urban legend. But who was she? A 2023 editor's pick.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  161. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="4900310" height="496" type="image/gif" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/C269DE8B-60CB-4EDE-B207704317BDCA21_source.gif" width="790">
  162. <media:credit><![CDATA[<em>Scientific American</em>/Kelso Harper/ Oflu/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
  163. </media:content><dc:creator>Tulika Bose, Allison Parshall, Carin Leong</dc:creator><enclosure length="18507123" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://flex2.acast.com/s/60secondscience/u/www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=C9883629-0E86-48F0-B00A5542976A42A3"/>
  164. <itunes:duration>12:47</itunes:duration>
  165. <itunes:author>Scientific American</itunes:author><category>Math</category><category>Mathematics</category></item>
  166. <item>
  167. <title>Inside Mathematicians' Search for the Mysterious 'Einstein Tile'</title>
  168. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-mathematicians-search-for-the-mysterious-einstein-tile/</link>
  169. <guid isPermaLink="false">B32CFDD3-BD5D-455E-A0672766EC34CA33</guid>
  170. <pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  171. <atom:updated>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:41:09 GMT</atom:updated>
  172. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;The quest for the einstein tile&amp;mdash;a shape never seen before in mathematics&amp;mdash;turned up even more discoveries than mathematicians counted on&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  173. <description>&lt;p&gt;The quest for the einstein tile&amp;mdash;a shape never seen before in mathematics&amp;mdash;turned up even more discoveries than mathematicians counted on&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  174. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="352085" height="496" type="image/jpeg" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/DF60CDD8-7957-4907-B0DB4FEC50B44AAB_source.jpg" width="790">
  175. <media:credit><![CDATA[Miriam Martincic]]></media:credit>
  176. </media:content><dc:creator>Craig S. Kaplan</dc:creator><category>Features</category><category>Math</category><category>Mathematics</category></item>
  177. <item>
  178. <title>The Most Important Unsolved Problem in Computer Science</title>
  179. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-most-important-unsolved-problem-in-computer-science/</link>
  180. <guid isPermaLink="false">A24CBAFC-3300-4C93-87D9CD10537DFE50</guid>
  181. <pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  182. <atom:updated>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 16:48:10 GMT</atom:updated>
  183. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;rsquo;s a look at the $1-million math problem at the heart of computation&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  184. <description>&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;rsquo;s a look at the $1-million math problem at the heart of computation&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  185. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="1979227" height="496" type="image/jpeg" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/A1A10219-993B-4063-B3B7DBFEF8AC75B5_source.jpg" width="790">
  186. <media:credit><![CDATA[alengo/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
  187. </media:content><dc:creator>Jack Murtagh</dc:creator><category>Advances</category><category>Math</category><category>Computing</category></item>
  188. <item>
  189. <title>AI Beats Humans on Unsolved Math Problem</title>
  190. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-beats-humans-on-unsolved-math-problem/</link>
  191. <guid isPermaLink="false">11BA1242-0CBA-4A10-AB7451C4256FBD55</guid>
  192. <pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  193. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;Large language model does better than human mathematicians trying to solve combinatorics problems inspired by the card game Set&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  194. <description>&lt;p&gt;Large language model does better than human mathematicians trying to solve combinatorics problems inspired by the card game Set&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  195. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="537049" height="496" type="image/jpeg" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/99FFA0B4-ADCF-4D89-B60CC93FBBFFB0E7_source.jpg" width="790">
  196. <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[In the game Set, players must identify combinations of cards based on the shape, colour, shading and number of symbols.]]></media:description>
  197. <media:credit><![CDATA[Valery Voennyy/Alamy Stock Photo]]></media:credit>
  198. </media:content><dc:creator>Davide Castelvecchi, Nature magazine</dc:creator><category>Math</category><category>Technology</category><category>Artificial Intelligence</category></item>
  199. <item>
  200. <title>How Cryptographic 'Secret Sharing' Can Keep Information Safe</title>
  201. <link>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-cryptographic-secret-sharing-can-keep-information-safe/</link>
  202. <guid isPermaLink="false">32806EE0-33BC-4791-A14A7110F0BECF57</guid>
  203. <pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  204. <standfirst>&lt;p&gt;One safe, five sons and betrayal: this principle shows how shared knowledge can protect secrets&amp;mdash;without having to trust anyone&lt;/p&gt;</standfirst>
  205. <description>&lt;p&gt;One safe, five sons and betrayal: this principle shows how shared knowledge can protect secrets&amp;mdash;without having to trust anyone&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  206. <media:content expression="full" fileSize="8487139" height="496" type="image/jpeg" url="https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/FC2120C8-73D1-487D-8313173AA7EA9638_source.jpg" width="790">
  207. <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Shamir&rsquo;s Secret Sharing offers a mathematical solution to the dilemma between control and trust.]]></media:description>
  208. <media:credit><![CDATA[Olemedia/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
  209. </media:content><dc:creator>Manon Bischoff</dc:creator><category>Math</category><category>Mathematics</category></item>
  210. </channel>
  211. </rss>
Copyright © 2002-9 Sam Ruby, Mark Pilgrim, Joseph Walton, and Phil Ringnalda