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I am Francesco Macrì, a passionate, self-taught, and self-directed learner of mathematics. Website: www.piecesofmathematics.com Mathstodon: mathstodon.xyz/@pieces_of_mathemati…

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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 20/09/2026
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Geschichten aus der Mathematik
Mathematics Podcast · Every two weeks · Mathematik anders erzählt. Wir stellen die Menschen hinter der Mathematik in den Mittelpunkt und erzählen ihre Geschichte. Es geht um Pistolenduelle, um die Rev...
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 18/09/2026
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Students: be aware of the 💫"Illusion of Learning"💫 effect when using LLMs to do their hw and exams!
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 18/09/2026
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Geschichten aus der Mathematik
Mathematics Podcast · Every two weeks · Mathematik anders erzählt. Wir stellen die Menschen hinter der Mathematik in den Mittelpunkt und erzählen ihre Geschichte. Es geht um Pistolenduelle, um die Rev...
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 18/09/2026
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Geschichten aus der Mathematik
Mathematics Podcast · Every two weeks · Mathematik anders erzählt. Wir stellen die Menschen hinter der Mathematik in den Mittelpunkt und erzählen ihre Geschichte. Es geht um Pistolenduelle, um die Rev...
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 16/09/2026
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Geschichten aus der Mathematik
Mathematics Podcast · Every two weeks · Mathematik anders erzählt. Wir stellen die Menschen hinter der Mathematik in den Mittelpunkt und erzählen ihre Geschichte. Es geht um Pistolenduelle, um die Rev...
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 16/09/2026
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Navier-Stokes Non-Sense
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 11/09/2026
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AI does the math
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Suzan Cee ☀️ @schasse60.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#Inspiration #Strength✨️ #Trust #Mindset ✨️ #PositiveVibes 🌸 #Focused ✨️
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 21/08/2026
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AI robot in the military does exactly what experts warned.
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 20/08/2026
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I was extremely bad at mathematics | Minhyong Kim - Advice to young mathematicians - Abel Prize 2026
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 16/08/2026
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The Last Generation of Mathematicians
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 10/08/2026
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Geschichten aus der Mathematik
Mathematics Podcast · Every two weeks · Mathematik anders erzählt. Wir stellen die Menschen hinter der Mathematik in den Mittelpunkt und erzählen ihre Geschichte. Es geht um Pistolenduelle, um die Rev...
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 10/08/2026
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Lean (@leanprover@functional.cafe)
Attached: 1 image 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝟒.𝟑𝟑.𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞! This release brings 208 changes, including a more responsive editor, automatic proof suggestions, and 𝙵𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚝 no longer being an opaque type. Notable improvements...
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Petra Schwer @petraschwer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Like many others I was feeling the lack of a platform where the full spectrum of opinions (in particular also lesser heard voices) on "math and AI" may get an audience. Now here it is! Think about contributing and share it widely! proofsandprompts.com #math #mathsky #llm #AI #mathandai
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Proofs and Prompts
Notes from the common room
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Petra Schwer @petraschwer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
English Version of "How to read Mathematics?" on the ArXiv now: arxiv.org/abs/2607.24136 German Version here: web.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/ggt/schwer #math #teaching #highereducation #mathematics #mathsky
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How to read Mathematics? A study guide
Reading a math textbook isn't like reading a novel. You've probably already figured that out on your own. But how *do* you read mathematical texts? And how can you actually learn from a book or lectur...
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Arthur Charpentier @freakonometrics.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"What It Means to Be a Mathematician When AI Does the Math" spectrum.ieee.org/ai-in-mathem...
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What it Means to Be a Mathematician When AI Does the Math
Researchers debate motivation, purpose, and the field’s future
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 26/07/2026
Die Geschichte des Abelpreises podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/g...
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Geschichten aus der Mathematik
Mathematics Podcast · Every two weeks · Mathematik anders erzählt. Wir stellen die Menschen hinter der Mathematik in den Mittelpunkt und erzählen ihre Geschichte. Es geht um Pistolenduelle, um die Rev...
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 24/07/2026
Whenever John Pardon solves a famous problem, he “does it in a way that creates a framework, a whole new package, that will be useful to other people.” — mathematician Tobias Ekholm
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John Pardon Wins the 2026 Fields Medal for Work in Symplectic Geometry | Quanta Magazine
John Pardon sees connections between different areas of math that others don’t. For that vision, he’s now been awarded a Fields Medal.
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 24/07/2026
Shayan Oveis Gharan has never been content with the familiar. He’s used exotic mathematical tools on longstanding questions including the traveling salesperson problem, which has earned him the IMU Abacus Medal for his own roaming career.
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Shayan Oveis Gharan Wins 2026 IMU Abacus Medal | Quanta Magazine
Shayan Oveis Gharan has won the Abacus Medal for using tools from across mathematics to boost the power of algorithms.
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 24/07/2026
For years, Jacob Tsimerman was used to the tidy world of competition math, where hard problems had one right answer. Then, in grad school, his mentor got him hooked on the thrill of impossible tasks. He began to understand what makes a hard problem hard. www.quantamagazine.org/jacob-tsimer...
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 24/07/2026
“Sometimes there are computations that might take me half a day to psych myself up to do them, and then take me the other half of the day in order to do them,” said collaborator Zaher Hani on Fields Medalist Yu Deng. “He can do them in an hour or two.”
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Yu Deng Wins the Fields Medal 2026 for His Work on the Random Data Problem | Quanta Magazine
Before he won a Fields Medal for his pioneering work balancing randomness and order, Yu Deng first had to achieve equilibrium in his own life.
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 24/07/2026
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2026 Fields Medal: Hong Wang
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 22/07/2026
Happy Almost-Pi-Day everyone 22/7 ≈ 3.1428571429
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Petra Schwer @petraschwer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Did you know about this safely hosted academic tool box for your research or studies? academiccloud.de AI Chatbot, Cocalc tools, Jupiter Notebooks, Lab protocols, QR codes, online whiteboards, ... you name it. #math #science #AIandScience #onlinetools #mathsky
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Petra Schwer @petraschwer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Found this next to the coffee machine in our department: 😊 #math #mathsky #science
Bowl with tiny tomatoes and a yellow note next to it saying "used to illustrate sphere packing in dim 3. Now please use for vitamin intake 😊"
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Petra Schwer @petraschwer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Direktlink zum HEGL: hegl.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/outreach/heg...
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HEGL – Open Lab Activity SoSe26 – HEGL
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Petra Schwer @petraschwer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Morgen ist wieder Open Lab Day! 15-17 Uhr, im UG des Mathematikon HD Kommt vorbei! www.instagram.com/reel/Da0cijV... #mathe #MathLab #ScienceAtPlay #math
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Petra Schwer @petraschwer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The final session of this seminar (web.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/ggt/ss26-mlm...) was today and one of the students said: "This [seminar] actually mad me enjoy mathematics again!" --- I mean - what else could I ask for? 2/2 #math #mathsky #mathandAI #students #teachingmath
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Machine Learning Discrete Mathematics | Geometry Group Theory | Heidelberg University
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Petra Schwer @petraschwer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Got the best compliment today! We ran a somewhat experimental interactive student seminar on combinatorial questions in pure math vs. machine learning this summer. (learn more about it here: web.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/ggt/ss26-mlm...) 1/2 #math #teaching #students #mathandAI #mathsky
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Machine Learning Discrete Mathematics | Geometry Group Theory | Heidelberg University
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The Mathematics of Secrets @mathofsecrets.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Good summary of where we are on signatures using post-quantum #cryptography from @cloudflare.social . Not sure the wish list is realistic --- I think we're probably still going to have to choose from a selection much like what's listed here! blog.cloudflare.com/ml-dsa-will-...
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Why we cannot wait for better post-quantum signature algorithms
NIST is advancing nine new post-quantum signature algorithms as potential candidates for future standardization. We take a closer look at all of them, and argue that while they are in the works and sh...
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Marcello Seri @mseri.me · 16/06/2026
Last week, with the good excuse of a 15 min lecture, I have discovered taxicab geometry. Very fun and surprising to say the least! So I took my chance to type down the lecture in my blog. I hope you enjoy www.mseri.me/the-geometry... #mathSky #eduSky
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The Geometry of Bringing Your Kids to School
Geometry is among the anciest branches of mathematics. Ethymologically, it comes from the greek Ge (γῆ), Earth, and Metria (μετρία), measurement. It was literally born to measure lengths, something we...
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 23/06/2026
My new book! Written w my pal Alex Townsend, it's about the math behind enormous systems (medical scans, AI, etc.) and what happens when they outgrow our ability to understand them. Pre-order at @barnesandnoble.com for 25% off -> www.barnesandnoble.com/w/big-math-s... @littlebrown.bsky.social
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 05/07/2026
Marjorie Rice hat mit fünf Kindern im Haus alle Hände voll zu tun – und trotzdem entdeckt sie neue geometrische Formen. #mathématiques #maths #math #mathematics podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/g...
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Marjorie Rice und die verborgenen Muster der Geometrie
Podcast Episode · Geschichten aus der Mathematik · 1 July · 42min
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 04/07/2026
After 80 Years, Mathematicians Give Famed ‘Erdős Method’ an Upgrade By LEILA SLOMAN June 26, 2026 Decades ago, Paul Erdős used randomness to illuminate the vast and weird world of networks. Now mathematicians are making his technique even more powerful. www.quantamagazine.org/after-80-yea...
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After 80 Years, Mathematicians Give Famed ‘Erdős Method’ an Upgrade | Quanta Magazine
Decades ago, Paul Erdős used randomness to illuminate the vast and weird world of networks. Now mathematicians are making his technique even more powerful.
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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Emily Carson (2026), “Philosophy of Mathematics from Descartes to Kant,” is free online until July 14 from Cambridge Elements. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Philosophy of Mathematics from Descartes to Kant
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Philosophy of Mathematics from Descartes to Kant
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Petra Schwer @petraschwer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
In letzter Minute noch den Vortrag umplanen, weil das Konferenzzentrum nun leider doch keine großen Tafeln im Raum hat. Immerhin kann ich so schönere Grafiken zeigen. Die hier zum Beispiel: #blackboards #math #mathillustration #MathSky
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mcanosan @mcanosan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Mathematicians are developing rules for AI use — other fields should follow
The mathematics community is right to call for transparency, integrity and fairness to be protected when AI tools are used. Researchers in other disciplines could learn from this approach.
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 24/06/2026
« Craindre l’erreur et craindre la vérité est une seule et même chose. Celui qui craint de se tromper est impuissant à découvrir. C’est quand nous craignons de nous tromper que l’erreur qui est en nous se fait immutable comme un roc. », David Bessis, Mathematica, Éditions du Seuil, 2022, p. 86.
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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
1/8 "This is only a foretaste of what is to come, and only the shadow of what is going to be." — #AlanTuring, The Times (11 June 1949), “The Mechanical Brain” Today marks the anniversary of his birth. 🧪⚛️ www.turing.org.uk/publications... #histsci #histmath #ScienceSky #computing #math
Black and white passport photograph of a 16-year-old Alan Turing, facing forward with a barely smiling expression. He has neatly combed dark hair and is wearing a dark jacket over a light shirt with a tie.
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 20/06/2026
Trading loveless and soulless AI hallucinations for academic citations. Perlego is my new favorite rabbit hole. Yesterday I’ve discovered perlego.com It’s awesome, especially for autodidacts and students. (Btw: not an affiliate link, just genuinely good).
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 18/06/2026
Vinton Cerf ist einer der Entwickler des TCP/IP, der Basis für unser heutiges Internet. Wie funktioniert das und warum hat sich Cerf der Kommunikation verschrieben? #maths, #math, #mathematics podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/g...
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Geschichten aus der Mathematik
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 15/06/2026
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 14/06/2026
A new retrospective of the artist beloved by mathematicians opens this week. Get up close to the art with our interactive story
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Explore the mind-bending and paradoxical art of M C. Escher
A new retrospective of the artist beloved by mathematicians opens this week. Get up close to the art with our interactive story
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 14/06/2026
"Comprendre une notion mathématique, c'est apprendre à voir des choses que, jusqu'alors, on ne voyait pas. C'est apprendre a les trouver évidentes. C'est élever son état de conscience." - David Bessis, Mathematica - Une aventure au coeur de nous-mêmes, Éd.duSeuil,2022,p.47. #math #maths #mathematics
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 10/06/2026
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 is out, Kevin Hartnett's new book on the development of Lean and Mathlib. It tells the story of how Lean grew from a code-checking program into a tool now used across mathematics and " improv comedy groups #LeanLang
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The Proof in the Code - Quanta Books
The inside story of Lean, a computer program that answers the age-old question: How do you know if something is true?
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 08/06/2026
Software like Lean, which allows mathematical proofs to be written and checked as computer code, could usher in a new, more collaborative era of problem solving. One of its most prominent supporters is mathematician Terence Tao. www.quantamagazine.org/how-terry-ta...
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How Terry Tao Became an Evangelist for AI in Math | Quanta Magazine
With automated proof-checkers, a problem can be broken up into small chunks, solved bit-by-bit, then reassembled with confidence that every piece is correct. For some, this heralds a new area in…
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 08/06/2026
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A New Consciousness of Mathematics
In an age of proof abundance, what becomes scarce?
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 08/06/2026
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EMS Updates Issue 4 – June 2026
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Pieces of Mathematics @piecesofmathematics.com · 07/06/2026
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When AI builds itself
Our progress toward recursive self-improvement, and its implications.
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José A. Alonso @jalonso.eurosky.social · 07/06/2026
HoTTLean: Formalizing the groupoid model of MLTT. ~ Steve Awodey, Mario Carneiro, Sina Hazratpour, Joseph Hua, Wojciech Nawrocki, Spencer Woolfson, Yiming Xu. hott-uf.github.io/2026/abstrac... #LeanProver #ITP
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