The race is on to develop an artificial intelligence that can do pure mathematics, and top mathematicians just threw down the gauntlet with an exam of actual, unsolved problems that are relevant to ...

Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to assess just how poorly they perform. By Siobhan Roberts A few weeks ago, a high school student emailed Martin ...

Imagine that you want to know the most efficient way to make a torus—a doughnut-shaped mathematical object—from origami paper. But this torus, which is a surface, looks drastically different than the ...

MORGAN HILL, Calif. — Think of it as the ultimate ivory tower for academics: a castle inspired by Spain's Alhambra, with sun-dappled courtyards, artisan-crafted frescoes, grottos, fountains and a ...

Mathematicians finally understand the behavior of an important class of differential equations that describe everything from water pressure to oxygen levels in human tissues. The trajectory of a storm ...

Urban legends about how much students and people hate math might be exaggerated. While we're in school, many of us consider the subject impenetrable. However, at least in England, mathematics has been ...

Professor Ngo Bao Chau, the only Vietnamese mathematician to have won the Fields Medal, is leaving the University of Chicago after 15 years to take up a position at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) ...

Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Monday, Feb. 16 and Feb. 17 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV JOURNEYS OF BLACK MATHEMATICIANS is a two-part series that traces the cultural evolution of Black ...

Without a shared mental model of what an agent is, people can’t decompose it. And if it can’t be decomposed, security can’t ...

Imagine Learning today announced a partnership with the Modern Classrooms Project (MCP) to help districts accelerate student achievement in math through stronger curriculum implementation. The ...

Since the start of Regeneron’s sponsorship in 2017 through this year’s STS, Regeneron and the Society have engaged and ...