Algorithmic randomness and computability theory inhabit a crossroads between mathematics and computer science, providing a rigorous framework for understanding randomness in infinite sequences and ...

Early in July, math professor emeritus Jim Bradley was awarded a $1,693,381 grant from the John Templeton Foundation to explore how randomness in the universe interacts with divine providence. Bradley ...

There’s one genre that this excellent video from Game Maker’s Toolkit does not address, and that’s sports, but in MLB The Show and NBA 2K particularly, I can speak to the total getting-screwed mindset ...

2020 Abel Prize laureates Hillel Furstenberg (left) and Gregory Margulis (right) Photo: Dan Rezetti Scientists Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis have won this year’s Abel Prize, which is ...

The result of a lotto drawing in the Philippines has set off a national debate about randomness, probability, fraud and human nature. By Camille Elemia and Mike Ives MANILA — After 433 gamblers won a ...