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Euromaths: James Maynard

In the run up to the European Congress of Mathematics we continue our series of interviews with mathematicians who've won the prestigious Fields Medal. This week we hear from James Maynard talking about the twin prime conjecture.

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AI and GoPro physics

Will AI one day be able to spot the equation that describes a physical process just by looking at a video of it? 

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Euromaths: Hugo Duminil-Copin

We celebrate the run-up to the European Congress of Mathematics (ECM) with an interview with Fields Medallist Hugo Duminil-Copin, who previously won a prestigious EMS prize at the ECM.

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The murmuration conjecture: finding new maths with AI

Artificial intelligence is changing all our lives - even the lives of mathematicians.  Yang-Hui He tells us about his exciting new conjecture that came about due to both artificial and human intelligence, and reveals patterns in the prime numbers that look like flocks of birds.

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Happy Women in Maths Day!

We celebrate Women in Mathematics Day with a look at three amazing women from the history of mathematics.

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Heads, Bayes wins!

If you've flipped heads 10 times what's the next flip most likely to be?  Bayes' theorem has the answer, not just for the coin, but for the pursuit of science generally.

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String theory: Convincing mathematics

Find out how a theory from physics has provided tools for solving long-standing problems in number theory. And in turn how number theory helps solve the mystery of black holes.