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Amie Wilkinson Sees the Dynamic Chaos in Puff Pastry

Amie Wilkinson Sees the Dynamic Chaos in Puff Pastry

Update: 2021-05-03
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Amie Wilkinson of the University of Chicago works in the rarefied area of mathematics called pure dynamics, studying how complex systems transform under the influence of simple rules. In this episode, she speaks with her fellow dynamicist, host Steven Strogatz, about the challenges of finding a place in mathematics as a woman, why groups can be understood as collections of moves, and what the recipe for puff pastry illustrates about chaos. Read more at https://www.quantamagazine.org/amie-wilkinson-sees-the-dynamic-chaos-in-puff-pastry-20210503/.
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Amie Wilkinson Sees the Dynamic Chaos in Puff Pastry

Amie Wilkinson Sees the Dynamic Chaos in Puff Pastry

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