Linear Programming in New Scientist

I’ve an article in the current edition of the New Scientist, about linear programming, convex polytopes, and Santos’ recent refutation of the Hirsch conjecture.

It’s available online here (£) or in a newsagent near you, presuming you live somewhere where the New Scientist is sold…

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The cover of the book Huge Numbers by Richard Elwes
Huge Numbers
(Basic Books, April 2026)