Sunday, 22 September 2024

Anthony Gottlieb - "The Man Who Thought Too Fast"

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/04/the-man-who-thought-too-fast

 

 Ramsey Theory, which analyzes order and disorder. (As an Oxord methematician, Martin Gould, has explained, Ramsey theory tells us, for instance, that among any six users of Facebook there will always be either a trio of mutual friends or a trio in which none are friends.)