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The Fields Medals 2022: James Maynard

James Maynard has won a field medal for his work in number theory. He told us how he went from a fascination with numbers as a young child to making spectacular contributions to number theory.
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Dynamic numbers

Holly Krieger has won a Whitehead Prize for work that combines number theory and dynamical systems.
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The Abel Prize 2020

This year's Abel Prize has been awarded to Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis.
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Perfectly even

After 2000 years of searching we only know of 51 perfect numbers and they're all even. What else do and don't we know about these rare and precious jewels of maths?

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Perfectly odd

Nobody has ever found an odd perfect number. So do they exist at all and, if yes, what do they look like?
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An interview with Jack Thorne

We talk to Jack Thorne about his lecture at the ICM 2018 and his work "faceting the gem stone" in number theory.
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