The speed at which artificial intelligence is gaining in mathematical ability has taken many by surprise. It is rewriting what it means to be a mathematician ...

Fermat’s Last Theorem is one of the most famous problems in mathematical history. Proposed in the 17th century, it claimed that certain equations have no solutions in whole numbers. For centuries, ...

David Cutler is in the spotlight for his work on a tasty-sounding mathematics problem. In January, the New York Times featured a research paper authored by Cutler and Neil Sloane, the founder of The ...

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After outgrowing its original home, the National Museum of Mathematics has added new exhibits and an art gallery space in ...

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A straightforward conjecture about runners moving around a track turns out to be equivalent to many complex mathematical ...

Ubiquitous screens, classroom chaos, a dearth of qualified teachers: The reasons our children are struggling in math class are multitude. I can tell you the story of how math instruction is failing ...

Over the past couple of months, several researchers have begun making the same provocative claim: They used generative-AI tools to solve a previously unanswered math problem. The most extreme promises ...

AI could soon spew out hundreds of mathematical proofs that look "right" but contain hidden flaws, or proofs so complex we can't verify them. How will we know if they're right? When you purchase ...

A dad was checking through his daughter’s homework when he came across something unexpected and utterly hilarious. Jordan, from New Jersey, told Newsweek he was looking through one of his 7-year-old ...

Abstract: The rapid development of Large Language Models (LLMs) has led to advances in natural language processing, but handling mathematical tasks remains a challenge due to the demands of text ...