Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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While physics is the branch of science that seeks to explain how the universe works, our understanding of the universe would be nothing without mathematics. Let’s take a look at one recent paper that caught my attention because it’s a lovely example of this relationship.

Paper: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00036811.2025.2510472

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