Quanta Magazine Follow What Is the Positive Grassmannian and Why Does It Show Up Everywhere? Lauren Williams tells 'The Joy of Why' how studying a fundamental object in algebraic combinatorics led to a career full of surprises. https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-the-positive-grassmannian-and-why-does-it-show-up-everywhere-20260625/ quantamagazine.org