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Dear Dirichlet, Issue 18
Phone assistants, duplicating pastries, and being a 10 anywhere else are among the topics of discussion in this issue's Dear Dirichlet advice column
In conversation with Martin Hairer
We talk to the Fields medallist about his life, his work and his advice to his younger self.
Oπnions: Can a horse have an Erdős number?
Lucy Rycroft-Smith reflects on the use of this well-established measurement
Is it possible to reach absolute zero?
After 100 years, a key postulate of the third law of thermodynamics has been proven. We meet Lluis Masanes, one of the researchers responsible.
Hairy balls, cyclones and computer graphics
What can a 100-year-old result in topology say about weather and computers?
Puzzles, Issue 02
These puzzles appeared in Issue 02 of the magazine.