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What are the recent and new applications of Mathematics ? If yes, what are they in other Sciences ?

I am not speaking about standard applications everybody is talking about when we usually speak

Let me try to be more precise about the use of Mathematics (e.g. question:

  • By "recent" I mean the last 15 years.
  • By "new" I want to exclude the standard answers like cryptography , or finance, ...).
  • By "applications" I would be interested mean a mathematical concept (or even a trick) successfully used in another field (preferably not Theoretical Physics) to hear about really solve a problem or to shed a new applicationslight on a phenomenon.
  • the answer should not simply be "XXX was successfully applied to YYY". it should contain a short explanation of the mathematical concept involve, and a description of the problem/phenomenon it solved/enlighted.

    • The typical example I have in mind does not come from Mathematics but rather from strictly answer the question (first it is an application of Theoretical Physics to condensed matter, and then I am not giving the required details): it seems that some 2d quantum field theories which had a priori no physical meaning were successfully used to understand properties of graphene . (I apologize think this was really unexpected: 2d conformal field theory was considered as a toy model to approach the understanding of more relevant field theories in case it would have been already askedhigher dimension).

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    Recent Applications of Mathematics

    Are there recent applications of Mathematics ? If yes, what are they ?

    I am not speaking about standard applications everybody is talking about when we usually speak about the use of Mathematics (e.g. cryptography, finance, ...). I would be interested to hear about really new applications.

    I would prefer to see recent applications of modern Mathematics, but new applications of classical results should be considered as a valid answer too.

    The typical example I have in mind does not come from Mathematics but rather from Theoretical Physics: it seems that some 2d quantum field theories which had a priori no physical meaning were successfully used to understand properties of graphene.

    I apologize in case it would have been already asked.