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Star mathematician Ma Xiao leaves the US for China – and a career pivot to AI
Star mathematician Ma Xiao leaves the US for China – and a career pivot to AI
Two years ago, Chinese mathematician Ma Xiao helped crack a century-old puzzle known as the Hilbert’s sixth problem. The problem – which has baffled generations of mathematical physicists – centres on an elusive bridge connecting the chaotic frenzy of microscopic atoms with the predictable laws of fluid motion. The breakthrough, published in the Annals of Mathematics, helped propel Ma’s…