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Statistics Postdoc Tames Decades-Old Geometry Problem

The Quanta Podcast

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The K L S Conjecture for a Convex Shape

The k l s conjecture asks if a high dimensional convex shape can contain a hidden, twisty sort of dumb bell that slows down random mixing. Eldan was able to calculate a kl s bound for the original shape. And in two thousand 12, eldan lowered their bound to the cube root of the dimension by introducing a technique called stacastic localization.

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