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…
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October 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Chinese mathematician Sun Zhiwei proposes 1,000 problems to challenge AI
SCMP China
Excerpt from SCMP China.