A New York University professor questions whether AI agents that solved one of the most complex problems in theoretical ...

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For decades, researchers wondered if the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe fluid flow, break down. OpenAI put thousands ...

Mathematicians outside the company will now review the paper. If the proof holds up, it could show that AI systems can help ...

Scientists are probing whether language models trained on historical data can reproduce creative breakthroughs.

The PISA results were released Sept. 8 and showed global declines in three subjects. International education luminaries ...

Logic is supposed to help us make sense of the world, but every now and then, it leads us somewhere completely unexpected.

OpenAI’s latest AI model, Astra, has gained attention for solving ten significant mathematical problems, including breakthroughs in sphere packing and geometric conjectures. These areas have ...

Hiraku Nakajima, president of the International Mathematical Union, speaks before presenting the Fields Medals during the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia on July 23, 2026. The ...

URBANA — For academic professionals John Matanda Tshipama and Johan Mufuta, math isn’t just a list of numbers printed on a worksheet — it’s a part of daily life. Following Tshipama’s recent ...

This past school year, Cambridge, Massachusetts, placed every eighth grader in Algebra I. It didn’t go well. Ultimately, more than 60% of rising ninth graders will repeat the course. The consequences ...