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Math and Science News from Quanta Magazine View this email in your browser NEURAL NETWORKS | ALL TOPICS   Will Transformers Take Over Artificial Intelligence? By STEPHEN ORNES A simple algorithm that revolutionized how neural networks approach language is now taking on vision as well. It may not stop there. Read the article Q&A   How to Write Software With Mathematical Perfection By SHEON HAN Leslie Lamport revolutionized how computers talk to each other. Now he's working on how engineers talk to machines. Read the interview COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY   Researchers Find 'Master Problem' Underlying All Cryptography By ERICA KLARREICH The existence of secure cryptography depends on one of the oldest questions in computational complexity. Read the article   NETWORKS   Researchers Achieve 'Absurdly Fast' Algorithm for Network Flow By ERICA KLARREICH Computer scientists can now solve a decades-old problem in practically the time it takes to write it down. Read the article   COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY   Computer Science Proof Unveils Unexpected Form of Entanglement By MORDECHAI RORVIG A new proof shows that systems of entangled particles can remain difficult to analyze even away from extremes. Read the blog Follow Quanta Simons Foundation 160 5th Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10010 Unsubscribe | About Quanta Privacy Policy | Terms | Contact Us   Copyright © 2022 Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent division of the Simons Foundation