The painstaking process of formalization to verify proofs is starting to surge thanks to AI. That could radically change the way people do math.

A ChatGPT AI has proved a conjecture with a method no human had thought of. Experts believe it may have further uses ...

GPT-5.4 Pro cracked a conjecture in number theory that had stumped generations of mathematicians, using a proof strategy that ...

Those changes will be contested, in math as in other academic disciplines wrestling with AI’s impact. As AI models become a powerful new tool, they risk causing mathematicians t ...

Remember that math problem from 2014? A Chinese AI tool cracked it ...

Terence Tao has been exploring the intersection between maths and AI. Credit: David Esquivel/UCLA. Is mathematics being taken ...

Discrete mathematics gets easier when you know how to approach proofs. Direct reasoning, induction, and contradiction each have specific steps that can be learned and practiced. Pairing these methods ...

They used powerful mathematical theorems—including Gödel's incompleteness theorem—to prove that a complete and consistent description of everything requires what they call "non-algorithmic ...

For some people, math can be a necessary headache. Yes, algorithms guide countless aspects of daily life. There are tips to calculate and hours to count. But unless someone's a specialist, they'll ...