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Mathematics

Vindication for maths teachers: Pythagoras's theorem seen in the wild

For all the students wondering why they would ever need to use the Pythagorean theorem, Katie Steckles is delighted to report on a real-world encounter

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Patterns produced by 'polygon billiards'

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Particles move in beautiful patterns when they have ‘spatial memory’

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Mathematician wins Turing award for harnessing randomness

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Mathematician wins Turing award for harnessing randomness

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The mathematician who worked out how to time travel

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Occam’s razor

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Occam’s razor

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Single mathematical model governs primate brain shape across species

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These 7 mathematical facts will blow your mind

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Person writing math equations on glass

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Why science relies too much on mathematics

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DeepMind AI solves hard geometry problems from mathematics olympiad

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What the mathematics of knots reveals about the shape of the universe

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What the mathematics of knots reveals about the shape of the universe

Knot theory is linked to many other branches of science, including those that tell us about the cosmos

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The mathematically perfect table size for solving any jigsaw puzzle

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Decades-old mathematical mystery about the Game of Life finally solved

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How spiral search patterns and lateral thinking cracked our puzzle

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Two beguiling books show how mathematics is revolutionising our lives

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