Frontier Math Will Need Billions Like Big Physics, Say Researchers on 'Big Math' Era
sytelus · x · 2026-09-23
A claim that 'mathematics will become like physics, where frontier research requires billions of dollars or euros in investment' drew agreement that a 'Big Math' era is beginning — pointing to AI and compute pushing basic research costs to big-science scales.
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