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

In 1978 Steve Fisk, a mathematics professor at Bowdoin College in Maine, US, came up with a proof—considered one of the most ...

This 180-sided object cannot fit through another like it, no matter where you bore the hole or how you tilt it.

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

The Waterford Public Library serves as a community hub offering not just books but also free internet access, educational programs, and community events that create entertainment options without ...

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

Georgetown University psychologist Shadab Tabatabaeian, the paper’s lead author, imagines a “cool application” of their ...

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

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

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