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For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

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The math behind even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major ...

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In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day.

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