Experimental mathematics: Computing power leads to insights

Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 09:30 in Mathematics & Economics

In a new article, mathematicians describe how modern computer technology has vastly expanded our ability to discover new mathematical results. By computing mathematical expressions to very high precision, the computer can discover completely unexpected relationships and formulas, the authors say.

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