Henry Yuen is developing a new mathematical language to describe problems whose inputs and outputs aren’t ordinary numbers.

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

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The rise of artificial intelligence has sent a profound shockwave through science and mathematics. Though it started as a research tool, AI has become something more like a partner in creativity, a ...