The 7 Coolest Mathematical Discoveries of 2024
Briefly

Mathematicians discovered a new shape called soft cells that can completely cover a surface without gaps. These shapes exist in nature and have applications in architecture.
The discovery of a 41-million-digit prime number highlights the ever-growing challenge in finding prime numbers as they become scarcer and more complex.
For 4,000 years, pi has posed calculation challenges. Recently, physicists used string theory to develop a new method for calculating this ancient mathematical constant.
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