Cayley graphs, constructed from the algebraic structure of groups, provide a natural framework for exploring complex combinatorial properties. In these graphs, vertices represent group elements and ...

Among the 23 remarkable individuals who won MacArthur Foundation fellowships earlier this week, there was mathematician Maria Chudnovsky, who is married to a violist, and stringed instrument bow-maker ...

Four years ago, the mathematician Maria Chudnovsky faced an all-too-common predicament: how to seat 120 wedding guests, some of whom did not get along, at a dozen or so conflict-free tables. Luckily, ...

Imagine you are planning a banquet. You want to make sure that if two people don't like each other, they don't sit at the same table. To help with planning, you might draw a diagram with dots for ...