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The Times described the result as drawing from unexpected areas, including algebraic number theory.
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Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Instead of relying on traditional geometry tricks, the AI connected the problem to algebraic number theory, a deep branch of mathematics that studies number systems extending ordinary integers.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
The tools used to attack it, however, include key advances in algebraic number theory in the late 19th century, as well as in modular forms in the early 20th century.
—Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2021
Many of the major lines of research in algebraic number theory and arithmetic geometry are only possible because of the incisive contribution and illuminating insight of John Tate.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2019
There is a mathematical proof, Arkani-Hamed observed, that all algebraic numbers can be derived from configurations of a finite whole number of intersecting points and lines.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 Sep. 2015
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Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Instead of relying on traditional geometry tricks, the AI connected the problem to algebraic number theory, a deep branch of mathematics that studies number systems extending ordinary integers.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
The tools used to attack it, however, include key advances in algebraic number theory in the late 19th century, as well as in modular forms in the early 20th century.
—Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2021
Many of the major lines of research in algebraic number theory and arithmetic geometry are only possible because of the incisive contribution and illuminating insight of John Tate.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2019
There is a mathematical proof, Arkani-Hamed observed, that all algebraic numbers can be derived from configurations of a finite whole number of intersecting points and lines.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 Sep. 2015
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“Algebraic number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/algebraic%20number. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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