Mathematics
Barcodes: How they could be your latest mathematical party trick
Barcodes contain a checksum – an ingenious use of mathematics that even lends itself to a fun way to surprise your friends, says Katie Steckles
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The 100-year-old symmetry theorem that is still changing physics today
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Maths quirk explains why crosswords are so hard – until they aren’t
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How a typo spoiled my proof of Fermat’s last theorem
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This mathematical trick lets you work out the weekday of any date
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Mathematicians found – and fixed – an error in a 60-year-old proof
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Mathematicians spent 2024 unravelling proof almost no one understands
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The surprising maths that explains why coincidences are so common
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Mathematicians have discovered a mind-blowing new kind of infinity
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AI maths assistant could help solve problems that humans are stuck on
Most mathematicians have been reluctant to start working with artificial intelligence, but a new tool developed by researchers at Meta may change that
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What is the price of genius, asks biography of Roger Penrose
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There may be a cosmic speed limit on how fast anything can grow
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Chimpanzees will never randomly type the complete works of Shakespeare
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Meta AI tackles maths problems that stumped humans for over a century
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