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A 17-year-old student has shaken the mathematics world by toppling a theory that stood unchallenged for over 40 years. Hannah Cairo's research, published in February on the online science archive ...

A Japanese entrepreneur is offering to shell out $1 million (140 million yen) to anyone who can finally resolve a deadlock over a proof of a math brainteaser. Nobuo Kawakami, the founder of Dwango Co.

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