A statement can be true or false. But as Kurt Gödel demonstrated, there will always be mathematical assumptions that can ...

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

Last week, OpenAI shocked the mathematical community by revealing that one of its internal artificial intelligence (AI) ...

The sudden resolution of a well-known conjecture highlights the growing adoption of AI as an assistant in high-level ...

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Math conferences don’t usually feature standing ovations, but Francis Su received one last month in Atlanta. Su, a mathematician at Harvey Mudd College in California and the outgoing president of the ...

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Grothendieck is revered in the world of math; outside of it, he’s known for his unusual life, if he’s known at all. But what ...

In high school, I dropped out of calculus with a failing grade. In college in New York’s Hudson Valley, I studied anthropology and film. After college, I took a job that interested me—at least until ...