The closest the field has come to solving the planar unit distance problem, first proposed in the 1940s, was in 1984. Now, OpenAI claims an internal model has cracked the puzzle.

After an AI from OpenAI found a trick to solve an 80-year-old conjecture from Paul Erdős, mathematicians have borrowed the ...

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

OpenAI announced this week that one of its general-purpose reasoning models made a breakthrough that has grabbed the ...

By listening to recordings of students solving math problems, teachers can determine their next steps, such as how to pair ...

We studied results from our own thermostats and other research to find how much smart versions save on monthly bills -- and when they pay for themselves.

In India, buying a car is not just a practical consideration but often tied to rituals, beliefs and personal choices. Numerology and astrology are popular with many buyers looking for guidance, and ...

Number theorist Gerd Faltings has won this year’s Abel Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in Oslo announced on 19 March. Faltings, ...

Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before numbers were written down. By closely studying Halafian pottery, researchers ...