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Can you solve it? A magical melody from the Mozart of math

ScienceBy Alex BellosOct 26, 2026, 7:10 AM
Can you solve it? A magical melody from the Mozart of math
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PUBLISHEDOct 26, 2026, 7:10 AM
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Terence Tao teaser time Today’s puzzle is set by Terence Tao, who may be the world’s most famous mathematician.

Tao, aged 51, has been a global phenomenon since the age of ten, when he became the youngest competitor at the International Maths Olympiad, a record he still holds. For the last three decades he has been a professor at UCLA, where he has been garlanded with prizes, and where one of his colleagues famously said: “Terry is like Mozart: mathematics just…

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