(THE CONVERSATION) You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what ...

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But American mathematician Ray Solomonoff had more ambitious goals at that age. He wanted to find a method to solve every conceivable scientific problem. This was not just wishful thinking—the ...