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📝 Editorial: DeepMind’s AlphaTensor can Discover New Math Algorithms

Algorithms have been the cornerstone of mathematics since ancient times. The world Algoritmi was used by Persian mathematician Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi to describe some of his work with linear and quadratic equations. Since then, the algorithms have been used to describe sequences of operations that produce a target output. The process of discovering new algorithms in mathematics requires not only knowledge but reasoning and intuition, which have long been considered exclusive to the human mind. Despite the advent of the computer era, that hasn’t changed much, which provides an idea of how complex the process is.