combinatorial

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Now they are solving classic problems in combinatorial geometry using algebraic number theory.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

And they also showed that sperm whale codas are indeed combinatorial, similar to the compositionally shown by bonobos and chimps.

From Salon • May 29, 2025

The minigames within Lorelei almost included Nim, an ancient combinatorial game that appears in “Last Year at Marienbad.”

From New York Times • May 15, 2024

“But the fact that they have this combinatorial basis is already very interesting.”

From Science Magazine • May 7, 2024

Simple combinatorial mathematics yielded twenty-seven unique combinations of these six gene variants.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee