The math world is losing its mind over the new solution to an Erdős problem. This is what AI found, how we missed it—and why it matters.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A dad in Texas turned to social media for help after becoming ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

This maths brainteaser left one student in floods of tears. Maths divides opinion like no other school subject. While some pupils sail through algebra and geometry without breaking a sweat, others ...

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 ...

A seemingly simple set of rules kicks off a kind of mathematical magic trick, which has kept great minds busy since the 1930s ...