SMRTR Science & EngineeringJan 4, 2026Wired

A New Bridge Links the Strange Math of Infinity to Computer Science

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Mathematician Anton Bernshteyn discovered that infinite graph coloring problems in descriptive set theory are equivalent to local network communication algorithms in computer science, bridging two completely different mathematical fields.

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