Work on unifying laws of physics wins maths prize
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John Pardon sees connections between different areas of math that others don’t. For that vision, he’s now been awarded a Fields Medal.
Last month many mathematicians were shocked by OpenAI's announcement that artificial intelligence had solved geometry's famous "unit distance" problem. For some, the achievement was exciting. But researchers also worry that AI technology, if left unchecked ...
At an event in London, mathematicians have made unexpectedly fast progress on formalising Fermat's last theorem using AI
WORKING OUT how to most efficiently pack a crate full of oranges may seem like a juvenile pursuit for professional mathematicians. And yet the sphere-packing problem, as this pastime is properly known, confounded geometers for centuries. A breakthrough ...
The Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, endorsed by the International Mathematical Union and signed by Fields Medal recipient Peter Scholze, calls on mathematicians to confront how AI companies are using published research ...