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In March, @samit_dasgupta, a mathematician at Duke University, and Mahesh Kakde of the Indian Institute of Science provided the first answer to a question David Hilbert posed over 100 years ago.

How much of the benefit of exercise comes simply from the fact that it tires you out and thus causes you to sleep better?

"On May 19, Ashwin Sah posted the best result ever on one of the most important questions in combinatorics. It was a moment that might have called for a celebratory drink, only Sah wasn’t old enough to order one." 😀

RT @svat: Very nice article/interview of Donald Knuth in @QuantaMagazine by @susan_dagostino

Some thoughts on reading it —