For a few months now, the mathematical world has been abuzz. Rumors abound of a new proof, monumental in length and virtually ...

Baez called for the development of new mathematics — he called it “green” math — to better capture the workings of Earth’s biosphere and climate. For his part, he sought to apply category theory, a ...

Several fields of mathematics have developed in total isolation, using their own 'undecipherable' coded languages. Mathematicians now present 'big algebras,' a two-way mathematical 'dictionary' ...

From the perspective of a math educator, this is not a minor abuse of statistics but a failure of epistemic responsibility, one that undermines the possibility of public reasoning itself. Mr. Trump’s ...

Watch out, nerdy high schoolers, AlphaGeometry is coming for your mathematical lunch. Credit...Christian Gralingen Supported by By Siobhan Roberts Reported from Stanford, Calif. For four years, the ...

The progress in AI over the past decade is beginning to suggest answers to some of our deepest questions about human intelligence. Below, Tom Griffiths shares five key insights from his new book, The ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1994, an earthquake of a proof shook up the mathematical world. The mathematician Andrew Wiles had finally settled Fermat’s Last ...

Before QLD gets the sporting Olympics in 2032, the Olympics of mathematics hits the state this week on the Sunshine Coast. More than a mathematics competition, IMO presents the opportunity to meet the ...