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book chapters
October 19, 2023

Comparing the Efficiency of Forward and Backward Contact Tracing (PDF)→

October 19, 2023/ Steven Strogatz

J.L. Juul and S.H. Strogatz. Physical Review E 108, 034308 (2023).

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2023, journal article
mathematical biology, networks
February 13, 2023

Surprises in a Classic Boundary-Layer Problem→

February 13, 2023/ Steven Strogatz

W.A. Clark, M.W. Gomes, A. Rodriguez-Gonzalez, L.C. Stein, and S.H. Strogatz. SIAM Review 65, 291–315 (2023).

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2023, journal article
education, pedagogy
October 22, 2022

Exploring the Electric Field Around a Loop of Static Charge: Rectangles, Stadiums, Ellipses, and Knots (PDF)→

October 22, 2022/ Steven Strogatz

M. Lipton, A. Townsend, and S.H. Strogatz. Physical Review Research 4, 033249 (2022).

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2022, journal article
topology, computer graphics
September 17, 2022

A Global Synchronization Theorem for Oscillators on a Random Graph (PDF)→

September 17, 2022/ Steven Strogatz

M. Kassabov, S.H. Strogatz, and A. Townsend. Chaos 32, 093119 (2022).

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2022, journal article
oscillators, synchronization, networks, statistical physics
May 24, 2022

Asymptotic Absorption-Time Distributions in Extinction-Prone Markov Processes (PDF)→

May 24, 2022/ Steven Strogatz

D. Hathcock and S.H. Strogatz. Physical Review Letters 128, 218301 (2022).

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journal article, 2022
statistical physics, mathematical biology, evolution, game theory
April 22, 2022

Coupled Metronomes on a Moving Platform with Coulomb Friction (PDF)→

April 22, 2022/ Steven Strogatz

G.H. Goldsztein, L.Q. English, E. Behta, H. Finder, A.N. Nadeau, and S.H. Strogatz. Chaos 32, 043119 (2022).

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journal article, 2022
oscillators, synchronization
March 24, 2022

Modeling the Interplay Between Seasonal Flu Outcomes and Individual Vaccination Decisions (PDF)→

March 24, 2022/ Steven Strogatz

I. Papst, K.P. O’Keeffe, and S.H. Strogatz. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 84, 36 (2022).

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journal article, 2022
mathematical biology
November 22, 2021

How a Minority Can Win: Unrepresentative Outcomes in a Simple Model of Voter Turnout (PDF)→

November 22, 2021/ Steven Strogatz

E. Landgren, J.L. Juul, and S.H. Strogatz. Physical Review E 104, 054307 (2021).

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2021, journal article
mathematical sociology, networks
November 22, 2021

Basins with Tentacles→

November 22, 2021/ Steven Strogatz

Y. Zhang and S.H. Strogatz. Physical Review Letters 127, 194101 (2021).

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2021, journal article
oscillators, statistical physics
September 14, 2021

The Kuramoto Model on a Sphere: Explaining Its Low-Dimensional Dynamics with Group Theory and Hyperbolic Geometry (PDF)→

September 14, 2021/ Steven Strogatz

M. Lipton, R. Mirollo, and S.H. Strogatz. Chaos 31, 093113 (2021).

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2021, journal article
synchronization, oscillators
September 06, 2021

Sufficiently Dense Kuramoto Networks Are Globally Synchronizing (PDF)→

September 06, 2021/ Steven Strogatz

M. Kassabov, S.H. Strogatz, and A. Townsend. Chaos 31, 073135 (2021).

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2021, journal article
synchronization, oscillators, networks
June 22, 2021

Designing Temporal Networks that Synchronize under Resource Constraints→

June 22, 2021/ Steven Strogatz

Y. Zhang and S.H. Strogatz. Nature Communications 12, 3273 (2021).

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2021, journal article
oscillators, synchronization, chaos
June 22, 2021

Synchronization of Clocks and Metronomes: A Perturbation Analysis Based on Multiple Timescales (PDF)→

June 22, 2021/ Steven Strogatz

G.H. Goldsztein, A.N. Nadeau, and S.H. Strogatz. Chaos 31, 023109 (2021).

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journal article, 2021
synchronization, oscillators
August 21, 2020

Dense Networks That Do Not Synchronize and Sparse Ones That Do (PDF)→

August 21, 2020/ Steven Strogatz

A. Townsend, M. Stillman, and S.H. Strogatz. Chaos 30, 083142 (2020).

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2020, journal article
synchronization, networks, oscillators
July 24, 2020

Descendant Distributions for the Impact of Mutant Contagion on Networks→

July 24, 2020/ Steven Strogatz

J.S. Juul and S.H. Strogatz. Physical Review Research 2, 033005 (2020).

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journal article, 2020
networks, statistical physics, mathematical biology
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Four Cornell Professors Elected to National Academy of Sciences

- Cornell Chronicle
May 1, 2024

Mathematician Steven Strogatz Receives National Award for Science Communication

- Cornell Chronicle
November 21, 2023

National Academies Announce 2023 Recipients of Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications

- National Academies
November 2, 2023

New Proof Shows That ‘Expander’ Graphs Synchronize

- Quanta Magazine
July 24, 2023

The Beautiful Cover of the Japanese edition of The Calculus of Friendship

- Abakcus
June 14, 2023

$5M Gift Establishes A&S Outreach Professorship

- Cornell Chronicle
May 31, 2023

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘A Trip to Infinity’ on Netflix, a Mind-Boggling Documentary About Everything We Don’t Know About Everything

- Decider.com
September 26, 2022

How a Mathematician Spends His Sundays

- New York Times
January 28, 2022

The Secret of Synchronization

- Veritasium
March 31, 2021

Why I’m Hosting "The Joy of x" Podcast

- Quanta
January 15, 2020

TED Talk

The Science of Sync
How things in nature tend to sync up

Recent Activities

Recent Activities
Zero to Infinity
Zero to Infinity

Discover how the concepts of zero and infinity revolutionized mathematics.

— NOVA, PBS
November 16, 2022

A Trip to Infinity
A Trip to Infinity

Eminent mathematicians, particle physicists and cosmologists dive into infinity and its mind-bending implications for the universe.

— Netflix
September 26, 2022

Who's Afraid of Big Numbers?
Who's Afraid of Big Numbers?

Pretty much everyone. But it doesn’t have to be that way, two mathematicians contend.

— New York Times
June 17, 2021

The Surprising Secret of Synchronization
The Surprising Secret of Synchronization

How does order spontaneously arise out of chaos?

— Veritasium
March 31, 2021

The Math Equation That Tried to Stump the Internet
The Math Equation That Tried to Stump the Internet

Sometimes BODMAS is just PEMDAS by another name. And no, the answer is not 100.

- The New York Times
August 2, 2019

Pi Day: How One Irrational Number Made Us Modern
Pi Day: How One Irrational Number Made Us Modern

The famous mathematical ratio, estimated to more than 22 trillion digits (and counting), is the perfect symbol for our species’ long effort to tame infinity.

- The New York Times
March 14, 2019

One Giant Step for a Chess-Playing Machine
One Giant Step for a Chess-Playing Machine

The stunning success of AlphaZero, a deep-learning algorithm, heralds a new age of insight—one that, for humans, may not last long.

- The New York Times
December 26, 2018

Exploring Mathematical Genius
Exploring Mathematical Genius

A panel discussion about Srinivasa Ramanujan, the nature of mathematical genius, and the film "The Man Who Knew Infinity."    

- World Science Festival
March 11, 2016

Einstein's First Proof
Einstein's First Proof

Einstein's boyhood proof of the Pythagorean theorem foreshadows the scientist he later became.

- The New Yorker
November 19, 2015

Aspen Ideas Festival
Aspen Ideas Festival

On Science Friday at the 2015 Aspen Ideas Festival, Jordan Ellenberg, Jo Boaler and Steven Strogatz fielded questions from host Ira Flatow and posed brainteasers to the live audience. (Photo Credit: Olivier Douliery)

- Aspen Institute
July 3, 2015

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