But primes are often considered the building blocks of mathematics, and math itself is the scaffolding that supports ...

Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in ...

Researchers have used metamathematical techniques to show that certain theorems that look superficially distinct are in fact ...

What if the famous P vs NP problem isn’t just about algorithms but about the observers trying to solve them? Research ...

Researchers have developed an AI system that learns about the world via videos and demonstrates a notion of “surprise” when ...

A new study reveals that Srinivasa Ramanujan’s century-old formulas for calculating pi unexpectedly emerge within modern theories of critical phenomena, turbulence, and black holes. In school, many of ...

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

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