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Mathematics

Crumpled beige polyethylene. Folds create abstract pattern with shadows and lights

Physics

Researchers have worked out the rules for how some things wrinkle

The rules of wrinkling are surprisingly hard to pin down. Using experiments, simulations and mathematical proofs, a team has uncovered how curved thin sheets of plastic will wrinkle when flattened

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The four Fields medal winners, clockwise from top left: Maryna Viazovska, James Maynard, Hugo Duminil-Copin and June Huh

Mathematics

Fields medal 2022: Work on prime numbers and spheres wins maths prize

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Fruit display in a street market

Physics

Physicists work out exactly when a fruit display will fall down

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Humans

AI should be seen as an ally to human mathematicians, not a threat

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Physics

Infinity has long baffled mathematicians 鈥� have we now figured it out?

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Physics

Mathematician wins Abel prize for research on transforming shapes

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Physics

Mathematicians are angry that Russia may still host a major conference

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Physics

Game theory shows how people crowd on trains at rush hour

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Technology

DeepMind AI collaborates with humans on two mathematical breakthroughs

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What is an algorithm?

Algorithms

Originally a way of solving complicated equations with moving variables, the modern definition of an algorithm is morphing

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Humans

Why maths should move on from the ancient Greeks

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Technology

How an upgrade on calculus is taking maths into uncharted territory

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Humans

Babylonians calculated with triangles centuries before Pythagoras

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