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Author: Siobhan Roberts

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A.I.’s Latest Challenge: the Math Olympics

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024Siobhan RobertsComments Off on A.I.’s Latest Challenge: the Math Olympics

Watch out, nerdy high schoolers, AlphaGeometry is coming for your mathematical lunch.

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What Can You Do With an Einstein?

December 10, 2023Siobhan RobertsComments Off on What Can You Do With an Einstein?

Earlier this year, mathematicians discovered a unique shape. Now do-it-yourselfers have found ingenious ways to put it to use.

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What Can You Do With an Einstein?

December 10, 2023December 10, 2023Siobhan RobertsComments Off on What Can You Do With an Einstein?

Earlier this year, mathematicians discovered a unique shape. Now do-it-yourselfers have found ingenious ways to put it to use.

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A.I. Is Coming for Mathematics, Too

July 2, 2023July 2, 2023Siobhan RobertsComments Off on A.I. Is Coming for Mathematics, Too

For thousands of years, mathematicians have adapted to the latest advances in logic and reasoning. Are they ready for artificial intelligence?

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With a New, Improved ‘Einstein,’ Puzzlers Settle a Math Problem

June 1, 2023Siobhan RobertsComments Off on With a New, Improved ‘Einstein,’ Puzzlers Settle a Math Problem

Earlier this spring, tiling aficionados thought maybe they’d found the shape of their dreams. Now they’re certain.

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What Number Comes Next? The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences Knows.

May 21, 2023May 21, 2023Siobhan RobertsComments Off on What Number Comes Next? The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences Knows.

The “mathematical equivalent to the FBI’s voluminous fingerprint files” turns 50 this year, with 362,765 entries (and counting).

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Elusive ‘Einstein’ Solves a Longstanding Math Problem

March 28, 2023Siobhan RobertsComments Off on Elusive ‘Einstein’ Solves a Longstanding Math Problem

And it all began with a hobbyist “messing about and experimenting with shapes.”

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The Quest to Find Rectangles in a Square

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023Siobhan RobertsComments Off on The Quest to Find Rectangles in a Square

A puzzle posted in an online community unlocked a wormhole within the basic shape.

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A New Puzzle Turns Earth Into a Rubik’s Cube, but More Complex

January 1, 2023January 1, 2023Siobhan RobertsComments Off on A New Puzzle Turns Earth Into a Rubik’s Cube, but More Complex

Continental Drift is one of Henry Segerman’s latest efforts to make mathematics “real.”

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They’re Taking Jigsaw Puzzles to Infinity and Beyond

December 9, 2022December 12, 2022Siobhan RobertsComments Off on They’re Taking Jigsaw Puzzles to Infinity and Beyond

In upstate New York, two algorithmic artists make wooden puzzles inspired by natural forms.

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