A solution to part of the Cohen-Lenstra conjecture helps resolve a long-standing mystery about quadratic forms ...

A seemingly simple multiple-choice question has left the internet divided. The more people try to solve it, the more confusing it gets, and the answer may not be what you expect.

Sebastien Bubeck of OpenAI says “yes, nonsofic groups exist”—as an example of “many new beautiful results” from Astra, next major OpenAI model. OpenAI published a page and PDF detailing ten advances ...

Held up as a new route to college admissions, the Classic Learning Test has instead become a remedial high-school graduation ...

This year’s Fields Medal honors four mathematicians in their 30s who have made their mark in geometry and physics.

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Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians. What does that mean for their future? Credit...Illustrations by Yoshi ...

Think about placing dots on a flat surface. You want as many pairs as possible to be separated by the same distance. For any amount of dots, what is the greatest possible number of pairs that can be ...

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OpenAI claims its model solved a famous geometry problem that has eluded the world’s greatest mathematicians for 80 years — a breakthrough hailed as evidence of the bot’s creativity and “intuition.” ...

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