Mathematicians solve decades-old mystery about the hidden order in high-dimensional randomness

Three mathematicians have laid out proof that solves a long-standing problem in mathematics. Even the mathematician—an Abel ...
The New York Times

Oneil Cruz hit a home run off the top of the foul pole: ‘Moon landing is probably easier’

Oneil Cruz's blast against the Rangers on April 22 hit the top of the right-field foul pole. How hard is it to do that? Ron Jenkins / Getty Images Editor’s note: This is a bonus Weird and Wild. To ...
Ars Technica

Ice Age dice show early Native Americans may have understood probability

Native Americans have been playing with dice in games of chance for more than 12,000 years, according to a new paper published in the journal American Antiquity. And the oldest examples of Native ...
The Conversation

Probability underlies much of the modern world – an engineering professor explains how it actually works

Probability underpins AI, cryptography and statistics. However, as the philosopher Bertrand Russell said, “Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the ...
Wired

A New AI Math Startup Just Cracked 4 Previously Unsolved Problems

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 ...
IEEE

Spatiotemporal Extrapolation through Conditional Diffusion Probability Models

Abstract: In recent years, spatiotemporal data has played a crucial role in weather, transportation, and disease transmission within the context of the Internet of Things (IoT). However, due to cost ...
Education Week

The Best Ways to Teach Word Problems So All Students Understand

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...
Forbes

Understanding Basic Probability Is The First Step To Better Models

Before ChatGPT could write essays, explain tax code, or summarize earnings reports, it had to master something far simpler but no less profound: probability. While headlines may credit “artificial ...
The New York Times

Why Common Problems Are Often Worse Than We Realize

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