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7 mathematicians you should have heard of – but probably haven't

7 mathematicians you should have heard of – but probably haven't

25 April 2018

Awarded every four years, the Fields medals honour the brightest young mathematical talent. We look back at some of the most intriguing past winners
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Theorem of everything: The secret that links numbers and shapes

25 April 2018

For millennia mathematicians have struggled to unify arithmetic and geometry. Now one young genius could have brought them in sight of the ultimate prize

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