DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve helps solve a math puzzle with Terence Tao, showing how AI can now invent new ideas—and prove old ones ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

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The standard interpretation of a null state, or empty state, posits it as devoid of structure. This paper introduces a ...

The math behind even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket was scheduled for launch on Sunday (Nov. 9) but it has been delayed until Wednesday (Nov. 12) ...

Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about ...

In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day.

Marijn Heule turns mathematical statements into something like Sudoku puzzles, then has computers go to work on them. His ...

That’s how Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun described the blowback after OpenAI researchers did a victory lap over GPT-5’s supposed math breakthroughs. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis added, ...