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One Third Of Math's "Grand Unified Theory" Has (Almost Certainly) Just Been Toppled

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...
Quanta Magazine

Math Quartet Joins Forces on Unified Theory

A new breakthrough that bridges number theory and geometry is just the latest triumph for a close-knit group of mathematicians. One of the first collaborations Xinyi Yuan and Wei Zhang ever undertook ...
IFLScience

Check Digits Are A Little Piece Of Number Theory You Use Every Day

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...
Nature

Modular Forms And Conformal Field Theory

Modular forms provide a powerful mathematical framework for understanding symmetry in two-dimensional quantum field theories. In conformal field theory (CFT), these holomorphic functions obey ...