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New A.I. Finds Hidden Patterns In Numbers
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8/22/2023
A new artificially intelligent "Ramanujan Machine" can generate hundreds of new mathematical conjectures, which might lead to new math proofs and theorems.
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A new artificial intelligence-based computer program called the Ramanujan machine could
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help reveal hidden relationships between numbers.
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The machine, named after the iconic Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, enables
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the discovery of new mathematical propositions called conjectures that have a good chance
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of being true.
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The AI program scans a huge range of possible mathematical formulas, looking for patterns
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that might hint at new formulas for mathematical constants.
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Constants are numbers, like pi, that always have the same value and can be used across
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multiple equations.
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The Ramanujan machine has uncovered more than a hundred intriguing conjectures so far.
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Some, like these two showing a way to express the constants e and pi, have been proved.
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Most are still awaiting proof.
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This conjecture has to do with the Riemann zeta function, evaluated at the number 3.
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The Riemann zeta function is at the center of what is considered by many to be the biggest
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unsolved problem in mathematics, the Riemann hypothesis, which offers a $1 million prize
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for whoever solves it.
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The algorithm's new conjectures are on RamanujanMachine.com, where anyone can take a stab at proving whether
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they are true, and thus turning the conjectures into brand new mathematical theorems.
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Thank you.
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