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2022 Fields and Abacus Medals

He Dropped Out to Become a Poet. Now He’s Won a Fields Medal.

By Jordana Cepelewicz
July 5, 2022
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June Huh wasn’t interested in mathematics until a chance encounter during his sixth year of college. Now his profound insights connecting combinatorics and geometry have led to math’s highest honor.

A graphed cubic equation separates 16th-century scientists Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, and Gerolamo Cardano
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The Sordid Past of the Cubic Formula

By David S. Richeson
June 30, 2022
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The quest to solve cubic equations led to duels, betrayals — and modern mathematics.

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New Proof Illuminates the Hidden Structure of Common Equations

By Leila Sloman
April 21, 2022
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Van der Waerden’s conjecture mystified mathematicians for 85 years. Its solution shows how polynomial roots relate to one another.

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Machine Learning Becomes a Mathematical Collaborator

By Kelsey Houston-Edwards
February 15, 2022
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Two recent collaborations between mathematicians and DeepMind demonstrate the potential of machine learning to help researchers generate new mathematical conjectures.

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Mathematicians Prove 30-Year-Old André-Oort Conjecture

By Leila Sloman
February 3, 2022
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A team of mathematicians has solved an important question about how solutions to polynomial equations relate to sophisticated geometric objects called Shimura varieties.

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Mathematicians Find Structure in Biased Polynomials

By Tamar Lichter Blanks
November 9, 2021
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New work establishes a tighter connection between the rank of a polynomial and the extent to which it favors particular outputs.

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Surprising Limits Discovered in Quest for Optimal Solutions

By Max G. Levy
November 1, 2021
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Algorithms that zero in on solutions to optimization problems are the beating heart of machine reasoning. New results reveal surprising limits.

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The Simple Math Behind the Mighty Roots of Unity

By Patrick Honner
September 23, 2021
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Solutions to the simplest polynomial equations — called “roots of unity” — have an elegant structure that mathematicians still use to study some of math’s greatest open questions.

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How Ancient War Trickery Is Alive in Math Today

By Lakshmi Chandrasekaran
September 14, 2021
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Legend says the Chinese military once used a mathematical ruse to conceal its troop numbers. The technique relates to many deep areas of modern math research.


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