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GIMPS sets new prime record
A new prime number with nearly 25 million digits was discovered just in time for Christmas.
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Ramanujan: Dream of the possible
A hundred years ago Ramanujan was elected FRS. Here is a look at the maths that gained him the title.
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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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An interview with Akshay Venkatesh
In these two videos Akshay Venkatesh tells us about winning the Fields Medal, what he enjoys about maths, and introduces us to the ideas in his work.
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The Fields Medal 2018: Akshay Venkatesh
Akshay Venkatesh has been awarded the Fields medal 2018 for his work exploring the boundaries of number theory.
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The Fields Medal 2018: Peter Scholze
Peter Scholze has received the Fields medal 2018 for transforming arithmetic algebraic geometry.
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Abel Prize 2018: the power of asking good questions
Robert Langlands wins for his "visionary program".
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1012 and other such numbers
If you like playing with numbers, then this one's for you!
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Easy as ABC?
Mathematicians are working hard to understand an impenetrable proof of the famous ABC conjecture.
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Introducing Andrew Wiles
In these two short videos the legendary Andrew Wiles talks about what it was like to prove Fermat's Last Theorem, and what it feels like to do maths.
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Primes without 7s
James Maynard, one of the prize winners at the European Congress of Mathematics 2016, is counting primes that don't have 7s in them. But why?
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Andrew Wiles wins Abel Prize!
One of the greatest honours in maths has been awarded for the proof of Fermat's last theorem.