The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

University of Washington computer scientist Shayan Oveis Gharan has won the 2026 Abacus Medal, the International Mathematical ...

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