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Sequences of regularly spaced numbers are called arithmetic progressions. Though they’re simple patterns, they hide astounding mathematical complexity. And they’re difficult, often impossible, to avoid, no matter how hard you might try. Watch the full video: https://youtu.be/lwVSeXswWZY?si=JUcsZbWuclAYH6hl&t=311 Read the article: https://www.quantamagazine.org/grad-students-find-inevitable-patterns-in-big-sets-of-numbers-20240805/ #math #numbertheory -------- - VISIT our website: https://www.quantamagazine.org - LIKE us on Facebook: / quantanews - FOLLOW us Twitter: / quantamagazine Quanta Magazine is an editorially independent publication supported by the Simons Foundation: https://www.simonsfoundation.org