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An inmate's love of mathematics leads to discovery in number theoryChristopher Havens came upon his love of math while in solitary confinement. A decade later, he published a paper on number theory in a top mathematics journal.
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What Are Irrational Numbers?They're irrational but they're still logical.
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Phi: The Golden RatioA golden opportunity for misconceptions.
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Maryam Mirzakhani Won Math's Most Prestigious Medal Before She Died. Now There's a Prize in Her Honor.A new prize for young female mathematicians honors Maryam Mirzhakhani, an Iranian mathematician who died of breast cancer at age 40.
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Mathematicians Solve 'Twin Prime Conjecture' — In an Alternate UniverseMathematicians have uncovered a big new piece of evidence for one of the most famous unproven ideas in mathematics, known as the twin prime conjecture.
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Can You Count Past Infinity?How many different types of infinity are there, and can we count past any of them?
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Long-Standing Problem of 'Golden Ratio' and Other Irrational Numbers Solved with 'Magical Simplicity'
Mathematicians have finally proved a conjecture on approximating numbers with fractions
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Mathematician Wins $3 Million Breakthrough Prize for 'Magic Wand Theorem'Their research answered many questions. Among them: What happens if you put a candle in a room full of perfect mirrors?
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This Mathematician's 'Mysterious' New Method Just Solved a 30-Year-Old ProblemThe proof took 30 years to be solved, but it's so simple and elegant that you can summarize it in a single tweet.
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