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 ...

Professional mathematicians have been stunned by the progress amateurs have made in solving long-standing problems with the ...

GPT-5.2 Pro delivers a Lean-verified proof of Erdős Problem 397, marking a shift from pattern-matching AI to autonomous ...

Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly reflecting shapes to tile a surface, researchers uncovered a method that links ...

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, ...

“I was curious to establish a baseline for when LLMs are effectively able to solve open math problems compared to where they ...

There weren’t calculators or computers in medieval Europe. But there were math duels. Mathematicians would gather in public squares and pose tricky math problems to each other. Then they raced to ...

Sometimes I forget there's a whole other world out there where AI models aren't just used for basic tasks such as simple research and quick content summaries. Out in the land of bigwigs, they're ...

Sudoku fan? After diving into the math behind the game, test your skills with our very own puzzles in SciAm Games! Computer science seemingly rides a curve of unstoppable progress. Mere decades took ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Math education is ...