Channel: Oxford Mathematics

Category: Science & Technology

Tags: knot theoryoxford researchmath and machine learningaimaths and machine learningmarc lackenby

Description: Can machine learning really do maths? DeepMind & Oxford Mathematicians András Juhász & Marc Lackenby have used machine learning to identify new connections between different branches of knot theory. Here Marc explains their work and its implications for mathematics. You can read more about the work, and that of University of Sydney mathematician Geordie Williamson's work with DeepMind on representation theory, in this paper in Nature: nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04086-x You can also watch more research films via the playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4d5ZtfQonW3_BZfBswl0VSohALKYEphb