For decades, mathematicians have struggled to understand matrices that reflect both order and randomness, like those that model semiconductors. A new method could change that.The story <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-physics-inspired-proof-probes-the-borders-of-disorder-20250815/">New Physics-Inspired Proof Probes the Borders of Disorder</a> first appeared on Quanta Magazine.

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A recent mathematical breakthrough may help inspire more realistic models for how electrons behave in semiconductors.

For decades, mathematicians have struggled to understand matrices that reflect both order and randomness, like those that model semiconductors. A new method could change that.

The story <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-physics-inspired-proof-probes-the-borders-of-disorder-20250815/">New Physics-Inspired Proof Probes the Borders of Disorder</a> first appeared on Quanta Magazine.

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