
Statistics Postdoc Tames Decades-Old Geometry Problem
The Quanta Podcast
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Ance Chin's Stochastic Localization Prove Technique
Ance Chin was a statistics graduate student at the university of california berkeley. His work proved that high dimensional con shapes don't contain hidden dumb bells with very narrow bridges. The best 50 50 cut of a convex shape isn't that much smaller than the best flat cut.
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