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Mathematics

Humans beat DeepMind AI in creating algorithm to multiply numbers

One week after DeepMind revealed an algorithm for multiplying numbers more efficiently, researchers have an even better way to carry out the task

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DeepMind AI finds new way to multiply numbers and speed up computers

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Mathematics

The number that is too big for the universe

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Physics

Researchers have worked out the rules for how some things wrinkle

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Mathematics

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

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Physicists work out exactly when a fruit display will fall down

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

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

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

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

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Mathematician wins Abel prize for research on transforming shapes

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Mathematicians are angry that Russia may still host a major conference

The International Congress of Mathematicians, held every four years, is a major event for the field, but mathematicians around the world are calling for it to be cancelled or postponed rather than going ahead in St Petersburg this July

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Game theory shows how people crowd on trains at rush hour

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DeepMind AI collaborates with humans on two mathematical breakthroughs

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