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An AI has disproved five mathematical conjectures with no human help
An artificial intelligence has disproved five mathematical conjectures, despite not being equipped with any information about the problems
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Physics
Mathematicians who unravelled computational complexity win Abel prize
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Physics
Mathematician makes breakthrough on 100-year-old problem about knots
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Physics
Mathematicians have found the shortest route to visit 2 million stars
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Physics
The fuzzy law that could break the idea of a mathematical universe
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Humans
Lisa Piccirillo: How I cracked a 50-year-old maths problem in a week
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Physics
The mathematician’s guide to dating and finding the perfect partner
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Humans
We’re still untangling Ramanujan’s mathematics 100 years after he died
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Baffling 500-page ABC maths proof to be published after eight-year row
In 2012, mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki produced a proof claiming to solve the long-standing ABC conjecture, but no one understood it. Most mathematicians still don't, but it will now be published in a journal
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Physics
Mathematicians who revealed the power of random walks win Abel prize
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Mathematics
Pi Day: How to calculate pi using a cardboard tube and a load of balls
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Physics
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