Gradient is all you need? How consensus-based optimization can be interpreted as a stochastic relaxation of gradient descent
 Riedl, K Klock, T Geldhauser, C Fornasier, M SIAM Journal on Mathematics of Data Science volume 8 issue 3 766-792 (27 Jul 2026) doi:10.1137/25m1733409

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Short stories 1 - Pi and maths

Pi and maths in India are on the menu in the last 'Tower of Babel'. Unlike other mathematical words, Pi has a habit of being the same in many languages.

Pi Day is on 14 March each year (geddit?). But if you don't want to be reminded of maths, there's always National Pie Day (US) or Pie Week (UK). Much too filling.

Gapless phases in (2+1)d with non-invertible symmetries
 Bhardwaj, L Gai, Y Huang, S Inamura, K Schäfer-Nameki, S Tiwari, A Warman, A SciPost Physics volume 21 issue 1 (23 Jul 2026) doi:10.21468/scipostphys.21.1.019
Gapless phases in (2+1)d with non-invertible symmetries
 Bhardwaj, L Gai, Y Huang, S Inamura, K Schäfer-Nameki, S Tiwari, A Warman, A SciPost Physics volume 21 issue 1 (23 Jul 2026) doi:10.21468/scipostphys.21.1.019
Higher Structures from Symmetries in Quantum Field Theory
 Reutter, D Schafer-Nameki, S Schweigert, C Oberwolfach Reports volume 23 issue 1 737-794 (21 Jul 2026) doi:10.4171/owr/2026/12
Gapless phases in (2+1)d with non-invertible symmetries
 Bhardwaj, L Gai, Y Huang, S Inamura, K Schäfer-Nameki, S Tiwari, A Warman, A SciPost Physics volume 21 issue 1 (23 Jul 2026) doi:10.21468/scipostphys.21.1.019
On Subsets of Lattice Cubes Avoiding Affine and Spherical Degeneracies
 Ghosal, A Goenka, R Keevash, P Discrete & Computational Geometry 1-26 (16 Jul 2026) doi:10.1007/s00454-026-00853-7
Value Functions as Supermartingale Certificates
 Abate, A Contro, D Giacobbe, M Martínez-Suñé, A Roy, D AI Verification volume 16831 99-121 (18 Jul 2027) doi:10.1007/978-3-032-32357-6_5
Safety-constrained Stabilization of Switched Systems via Graph-based Control Functions
 Debauche, V Lima, T Della Rossa, M Abate, A European Journal of Control 101611 (Jul 2026) doi:10.1016/j.ejcon.2026.101611
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