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Physicists work out exactly when a fruit display will fall down

Computer simulations reveal the precise conditions when removing an orange from a display would cause a fruit avalanche

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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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Dennis Sullivan

Physics

Mathematician wins Abel prize for research on transforming shapes

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Fields medal

Physics

Mathematicians are angry that Russia may still host a major conference

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rail commuters

Physics

Game theory shows how people crowd on trains at rush hour

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a simple knot

Technology

DeepMind AI collaborates with humans on two mathematical breakthroughs

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What is an algorithm?

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Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī

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Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī

Why maths should move on from the ancient Greeks

Humans

Why maths should move on from the ancient Greeks

Many people experience maths anxiety and some even mention feelings of "rage and despair". One way to improve the subject's perception is by playing down the Platonists, suggests Michael Brooks

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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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An AI has disproved five mathematical conjectures with no human help

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Ada Lovelace