The International Day of Mathematics (IDM) is observed every year on March 14. Celebrated since 2020, the day highlights the importance of Mathematics in everyday life. Schools often mark the occasion ...

Over the past couple of months, several researchers have begun making the same provocative claim: They used generative-AI tools to solve a previously unanswered math problem. The most extreme promises ...

AI could soon spew out hundreds of mathematical proofs that look "right" but contain hidden flaws, or proofs so complex we can't verify them. How will we know if they're right? When you purchase ...

Ananyo Bhattacharya is chief science writer at the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences and is the author of The Man from the Future (2021). In the weeks leading up to September 1891, ...

MOVING WALL The "moving wall" represents the time period between the last issue available in JSTOR and the most recently published issue of a journal. Moving walls are generally represented in years.

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You are participating in a holiday gift exchange with a few classmates. You each write down your own name on a slip of paper and fold it up. Then all the students place their names into a single hat.

Alfred Nobel's prestigious awards honor many fields but notably exclude mathematics. This has sparked curiosity for years. While popular myths about personal rivalries exist, historical research ...

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