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A new type of mathematics?

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New discoveries expand the scope of computer-assisted proofs of theorems.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 57, Issue 2
        February 2014
        103 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/2556647
        • Editor:
        • Moshe Y. Vardi
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