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Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan’s century-old formulas for π (pi), once seen as pure curiosities of number theory are now revealing deep links to fundamental physics, potentially helping ...

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IISc physicists discovered that Ramanujan’s classic π-formulas arise naturally in modern theories describing critical phenomena and black holes. The connection suggests his early mathematics may have ...

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The hardest math in science has long been a bottleneck, delaying discoveries across physics, chemistry, and climate. But that’s starting to change, as AI slashes equation-solving times from years to ...