For years, physicists were stuck in trying to explain an important mathematical problem in physics. The right approach ended ...

Paul Erdős was one of the most prolific mathematicians of the 20th century, writing nearly 1,500 papers while living out of a ...

Last month, OpenAI announced that its latest version of ChatGPT had solved a major math problem, one that had stumped experts ...

Across the front, it declares in italic script, “I’m too pretty to do math”. While some may see it as a joke, it is sparking ...

For all the pushback against plastics, the material remains widely embedded in food and drinks packaging. From vacuum-packed fruit and veg to yoghurt pots, black plastic meat trays and milk jugs, the ...

The second batch of “First Proof” problems is meant to evaluate AI’s usefulness for research-level math. The best model got six or seven of the ten questions right.

The result is correct but challenges core norms of mathematics: checking proofs, crediting ideas and keeping research open to everyone.

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