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the measurement of time, let us say that
the programme initiated by Huygens
progressed to such an extent, with
every scientific opportunity,
that the best modern clocks
would not vary more than
one second in a billion
years.
Above all, heartbeats,
one-week
weather
forecasts,
electrical
influx in our neurons, the
growth of a tumor, or a
rumor – all and more have
been translated into equations
to be understood and predicted.
The mathematical science is thus
proud to participate, in harmony with other
sciences, to some of the great technological
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adventures of our time, as with the algorithms that feed the artificial
heart developed by our fellow Alain Carpentier, those
that coordinate the electric supply of intelligent
grids, or even analyzing measures taken by
gravitational wave detectors. Disciplines
widely blend together, now more than
ever, at the image of what we
observe in our Academies, and in
our world.