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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Over at the Washington Monthly, Jill Barshay reports on the latest study comparing ...

You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...

A mix of complex and trigonometric values has pinpointed a long-approximated math problem. The goat problem represents key ways pure math doesn't exactly match the "real world." The secret is complex ...

It has long been a mystery why pure math can reveal so much about the nature of the physical world. Antimatter was discovered in Paul Dirac’s equations before being detected in cosmic rays. Quarks ...

First Proof is an effort to see whether LLMs can contribute meaningfully to pure mathematics research. The dust has settled ...