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2024 Biggest Breakthroughs in Computer Science
The year’s biggest computer science stories included a new understanding of large language models, and a breakthrough in being able to compute complex quantum systems.
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In Noisy Equations, One Who Heard Music
Experts say Martin Hairer’s epic masterpiece in stochastic analysis “created a whole world.”
A Tenacious Explorer of Abstract Surfaces
Maryam Mirzakhani’s monumental work draws deep connections between topology, geometry and dynamical systems.
A Brazilian Wunderkind Who Calms Chaos
Artur Avila’s solutions to ubiquitous problems in chaos theory have earned him Brazil’s first Fields Medal.
Manjul Bhargava: The Musical, Magical Number Theorist
The search for artistic truth and beauty has led Manjul Bhargava to some of the most profound recent discoveries in number theory.
A ‘Rebel’ Without a Ph.D.
A conversation with the mathematical physicist Freeman Dyson on quantum electrodynamics, climate change and his latest pet project.