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The Ramanujan Machine generates conjectures about mathematical constants
The Ramanujan Machine generates conjectures about mathematical constants.
Summary
The Nature paper describes the Ramanujan Machine, a computational approach for discovering formula conjectures about fundamental constants. The authors report finding known formulas and previously unknown conjectures for constants including pi, e, Catalan's constant and values of the Riemann zeta function, without providing proofs automatically.
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