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Mathematicians Shed Light on Elliptic Curves

By Erica Klarreich
July 9, 2013
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Two young mathematicians are illuminating a frontier in the study of rational solutions to polynomial equations: the cubics.

Yitang Zhang
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Unheralded Mathematician Bridges the Prime Gap

By Erica Klarreich
May 19, 2013
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A virtually unknown researcher has made a great advance in one of mathematics’ oldest problems, the twin primes conjecture.


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