Math classrooms shifted over time to the discovery model. Not suddenly, and not without good intentions. There was a ...

The laws of physics that concern heat and work could gain a firmer mathematical footing thanks to “gauge theory”, which ...

A week after OpenAI made headlines with an A.I.-generated proof, a new “declaration” by 16 experts raises concerns that the technology threatens math as a discipline. By Siobhan Roberts Recently there ...

In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in discrete geometry that had stumped human mathematicians for the last 80 ...

Graph polynomials serve as powerful invariants that encode both combinatorial and topological features of graphs drawn on surfaces. Beginning with the classical Tutte polynomial for planar graphs, ...

👉 Learn how to classify polynomials based on the number of terms as well as the leading coefficient and the degree. When we are classifying polynomials by the number of terms, we will focus on ...

Making demographic comparisons across datasets and across time requires rigor and consistency in group definitions. Without this, one risks reporting change that is not real. Since some of our ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

In mathematics, ubiquitous objects called groups display nearly magical powers. Though they’re defined by just a few rules, groups help illuminate an astonishing range of mysteries. They can tell you ...

Picture a tune that plays with your mind. It does not go straight but skips and flips in ways you do not expect. That is math rock. It avoids common music paths, which makes it feel fresh and smart.

Two mathematicians have used a new geometric approach in order to address a very old problem in algebra. In school, we often learn how to multiply out and factor polynomial equations like (x² – 1) or ...