A seemingly simple set of rules kicks off a kind of mathematical magic trick, which has kept great minds busy since the 1930s ...

This is not so different from what high school students need as they chart a course to graduation; they should have a goal or ...

In 1946, the mathematician Paul Erdős posed the unit distance problem—and suggested a winning strategy. An A.I. model has now ...

A week after OpenAI made headlines with an A.I.-generated proof, a new “declaration” by 16 experts raises concerns that the ...

In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in ...

An experiment with 2,520 participants backs Richard Feynman’s answer to every diner’s dilemma: do I want to try something new? In a scene that could have easily featured in an episode of the US ...

Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 newsletter. Stripped of careful phrasing, the logic is familiar: Some students are deficient, fixing them is costly, ...

Three mathematicians have laid out proof that solves a long-standing problem in mathematics. Even the mathematician—an Abel ...

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Abstract: Designing algorithms to solve math word problems (MWPs) is an important research topic in natural language processing and smart education domains. The task of solving MWPs involves ...

March 14 is not just a day when math enthusiasts indulge in delicious pie; it is also recognized globally as International Mathematics Day. This special observance was established by UNESCO in 2020 ...

Cursor's AI produced a novel solution to a challenging research-level math problem after four days of autonomous operation. The system tackled Problem Six of the First Proof challenge, designed to ...