For all of the recent strides we’ve made in the math world—like a supercomputer finally solving the Sum of Three Cubes problem that puzzled mathematicians for 65 years—we’re forever crunching ...

Some math problems have been challenging us for centuries, and while brain-busters like these hard math problems may seem impossible, someone is bound to solve ’em eventually. Well, maybe. For now, ...

Every year, thousands of college students from across the U.S. and Canada give up a full Saturday before finals begin to take a notoriously difficult, 6-hour math test — and not for a grade, but for ...

Top artificial intelligence systems now ace many textbook-style math questions, yet they still fall apart on genuinely new ...

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Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

A new Stanford study suggests math struggles may be about more than numbers. Children who had difficulty with math were less ...

Mathematics, like many other scientific endeavors, is increasingly using artificial intelligence. Of course, math is the ...

Researchers show that adiabatic quantum computers are no better than classical computers for many problems. I am certain that articles like this should not be posted first thing in the morning. One ...

Members of the Princeton High School Math Team have enjoyed competing in math tournaments and national competitions. Wanting their younger counterparts to enjoy a similar experience, they created a ...