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Candidates who qualify subsequent stages may progress towards national training camps and international mathematics competitions. Several IITs also provide special admission opportunities to students ...

The best-yet test of artificial intelligence’s mathematical mettle has released its first official round of results. The verdict is that large language models (LLMs) are emerging as useful—albeit ...

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