Spanish mathematicians recently found a new pattern in prime numbers related to Benford’s Law. The new finding will likely lead to improvements in things like fraud detection and stock market analysis.
Here’s an O’Reilly Radar post about hacking prime numbers using Mathematica.
Wolfram Research announced the release of Mathematica Home Edition. It’s the personal version of the software used by professionals in science, engineering and mathematics fields. It costs $295.
Mathematica Home Edition contains the same functions that can be found in Wolfram’s recently released Mathematica 7. That includes image processing, parallel computation, and astronomical, geographical and life science data. New user interfaces are employed in the Home Edition that make it easier for users to generate results.
Check out the Macworld article.
Wolfram shows some great examples of how Mathematica can be used to analyze things like the election. Import poll data. Run simulations. Create graphs.
