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Julian Sahasrabudhe: The ICM 2026

In this episode we speak to Professor Julian Sahasrabudhe in the run up to ICM 2026 about how he got into maths, combinatorics, and finding connections to other areas of maths.

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Julian Sahasrabudhe

Counting on connections

Julian Sahasrabudhe wins a Whitehead Prize for combining different areas of maths using the power of combinatorics.

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Many of the mathematicians who gathered to celebrate the mathematics, and the 60th birthday, of Timothy Gowers.

How to (im)prove mathematics

Find out how a story starting with the simple notion of counting ends in a revolutionary new way of doing maths that uses computers to harness the power of human collaboration!

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Maths on the red carpet - Fields Medallist June Huh

Fields Medallist June Huh tells us about maths you can "feel and touch" and why maths mirrors who we are as a species

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A short introduction to the work of June Huh

Huh may have had relatively late start in mathematics but his work with maths you can feel and touch has won him a Fields medal.

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The Fields Medals 2022: June Huh

June Huh has been awarded a Fields Medal for work on combinatorics and algebraic geometry.

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Maths in a minute: Combinatorics

Whether you want to understand viruses, win at lotto or solve a rubik's cube – you'll need some help from combinatorics.

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Tricky teacups

One of our favourite problems from our sister site NRICH opens a door to the world of combinatorics and symmetry.

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Tricky arrangements

Mathematicians have proved a new result in the field of combinatorics.

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The 36 officers problem

Euler may not have cracked this problem completely, but it led to a lot of important work, including on what we today know as sudoku.

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Counting the trees of life

How many possible genetic relationships are there between a collection of different species? The answer is mind-bogglingly large.

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How many melodies are there?

Given there's a finite number of notes on a scale, can we still find a brand new melody? Perhaps they've all been written already!