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Statistics Postdoc Tames Decades-Old Geometry Problem

The Quanta Podcast

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In the mid 19 eighties, mathematician jean bourgon thought up a simple question about high dimensional shapes. It was one of the most important problems in high dimensional convex geometry and now a post doctoral statistician has solved it. Explore more math mysteries in the quanta book, the prime number conspiracy,. available now at amas dot com, barns an noble dot com or your local bookstore.

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