The math world is losing its mind over the new solution to an Erdős problem. This is what AI found, how we missed it—and why it matters.

Last week, OpenAI shocked the mathematical community by revealing that one of its internal artificial intelligence (AI) ...

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The result is correct but challenges core norms of mathematics: checking proofs, crediting ideas and keeping research open to ...

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Whenever I get coffee with a mathematician, I always ask which of the seven Millennium Problems they think will be next to ...

Physicist Richard Feynman turned a lunch dilemma into a math problem. Researchers finally cracked his notes and found people ...

The bat-and-ball problem is a famous math puzzle that more than half of people—even Harvard graduates—get wrong. It's ...

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Exploring concepts such as observation and measurement in the fresh air can give students a new and playful perspective on ...