Quanta MagazineGeometry Isadore Singer Transcended Mathematical Boundaries Quanta Magazine - Daniel S. Freed A former graduate student reflects on how Isadore Singer, who died on February 11, brought together mathematicians, physicists and anyone else …
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Quanta MagazineMathematics The Coach Who Led the U.S. Math Team Back to the Top Quanta Magazine - Max G. Levy Po-Shen Loh has harnessed his competitive impulses and iconoclastic tendencies to reinvigorate the U.S. Math Olympiad program.
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