The Isaac Newton Institute: Creating eureka moments

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Logo of the Isaac Newton Institute

One of the most exciting places in the mathematical world is the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (INI), an international research centre and our neighbour here on the University of Cambridge's maths campus.

The INI attracts leading mathematical scientists from all over the world, and is open to all. We are proud to be collaborating with the INI to bring the cutting edge mathematics that is being done there to the general public. The following content is part of this collaboration.

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Helping maths to help us

The mathematics of the future needs more specialist maths teachers, stronger university provision, and sustained research funding.

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Digital heart

Living Proof: Building digital hearts

A digital heart might sound like science fiction, but these personalised mathematical descriptions of patients' hearts are already being put to the test.

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Talking about truth with ChatGPT

How confident is the Large Language Model chatbot that its answers are correct? And how confident can we be about this confidence? This article investigates.

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Kevin Buzzard and Big Proof

How can computers best help mathematicians? Not through AI, says Kevin Buzzard, but through proof assistants. This podcast explains what they are and why they turn maths into a collaborative game of many players.

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Moustapha Fall

Living Proof: Moustapha Fall

In this episode of the Living Proof podcast we meet Moustapha Fall, President of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Senegal and winner of a prestigious Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries.

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Topological data analysis

See all our content on this fascinating method that uses pure maths to analyse real-life data.

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