For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...
A linear sequence goes from one term to the next by always adding (or subtracting) the same value. The number added (or subtracted) at each stage of the linear sequence is called the common difference ...
A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...
Who'd have guessed all those marks on cash have a practical purpose? At least on one smaller currency denomination, this seal ...
DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve helps solve a math puzzle with Terence Tao, showing how AI can now invent new ideas—and prove old ones ...
Mathematics is the first place where evidence of AI superintelligence is likely to appear, a theoretical computer scientist says. “Will there be a superhuman AI mathematician?” asked theoretical ...
A linear sequence repeatedly increases or decreases by the same amount. The number added (or subtracted) at each stage of the linear sequence remains the same. STEP 1 - You can solve problems using ...