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    The Math of the Amazing Sandpile

    • By Jordan Ellenberg

    To understand self-organization in nature, behold the sandpile.

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    The Amazing, Autotuning Sandpile

    • By Jordan Ellenberg

    A simple mathematical model of a sandpile shows remarkably complex behavior.