Chinese maths star Wang Hong has emerged as a leading contender for the 2026 Fields Medal after solving the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture, a century-old problem in geometric measure theory.

In this video I share the Chinese multiplication chants I learned when I was eight years old and can still recite perfectly in my thirties. I walk through examples like 2×2, 7×7, and 8×9 to show how ...

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