GPT-5.4 Pro cracked a conjecture in number theory that had stumped generations of mathematicians, using a proof strategy that ...

UCLA mathematician Terence Tao, who reviewed the result, said that ChatGPT used a completely different method to solve the ...

Math can be transformed into an enjoyable group activity through trivia nights. Mixing playful competition with problem-solving helps participants connect with numbers in a relaxed way. With varied ...

Efforts to use the tech to customize lessons to students' individual interest demonstrate its potential—and the shortcomings.

During her graduate studies at The University of Texas at Austin, Lisa Piccirillo solved a problem that had bedeviled mathematicians for five decades. Piccirillo first learned of the Conway Knot ...

How much longer will we keep trying to solve our nation’s dismal math proficiency problem by writing new math problems? Clearly, if that was the answer, it would have worked by now–but it hasn’t, as ...

We've all been there: staring at a math test with a problem that seems impossible to solve. What if finding the solution to a problem took almost a century? For mathematicians who dabble in Ramsey ...