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OpenAI claims blockbuster math breakthrough amid swirl of controversy
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (284+ words) Prior to the announcement, rumors were...For the second time ever, someone has solved one of the seven Millennium Problems—math’s biggest targets,...differences between the two proofs, and the progeny of AI’s mathematical ideas are famously difficult to...
The summer AI ate math
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (1424+ words) Tuesday, mathematicians used an opaque combination of Anthropic and OpenAI models to solve the first “Millennium...math in the first place? Terence Tao signed copies of his new book at the 2026 International Congress of Math (ICM) in Philadelphia in July....
Mathematicians discover the worst way to hang a painting
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (351+ words) will need to survive,” he says, “and play is one of the ways in which we learn.” Try a related math puzzle...Ph.D. candidate in mathematics at the City University of New York Graduate Center with expertise in math…...
There are just five perfect shapes in math—here's why
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (687+ words) math—here's why The five Platonic solids are the epitome of perfection—at least in mathematics. Topology explains why there are only five of them By Manon Bischoff edited by Daisy Yuhas Admittedly,...polyhedrons with the highest possible symmetry. Each…...