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Chinese mathematician Sun Zhiwei proposes 1,000 problems to challenge AI

South China Morning PostPeople's Republic of China

Chinese mathematician Sun Zhiwei proposes 1,000 problems to challenge AI

In an age of AI-induced answers to complex mathematical problems, Chinese mathematician Sun Zhiwei maintains that curiosity and asking good questions are more important then ever. Over a career spent probing the edges of number theory, Sun, a 61-year-old professor at Nanjing University’s department of mathematics, has built a vast landscape of problems – more than 1,000 and counting – for the global research community to tackle. While traditional mathematical training emphasises mastering...

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