It all starts with something called the Kakeya conjecture. A “conjecture” is a math guess—an idea that seems true, but nobody ...

The mathematician Tai-Danae Bradley is using category theory to try to understand both human and AI-generated language.

A seemingly simple math problem about dividing pizzas sparked debate when someone highlighted a potential flaw in the assumed answer.

The Kakeya set—named for its discoverer Sōichi Kakeya—was complicated by a subsequent mathematician named Abram Samoilovitch ...

Valdosta State University's Jasmine Freeman, Timothy Smith, and Xavier Wellons recently joined 439 other students from around ...

A new proof solves the “Kakeya conjecture” in three dimensions, opening up a new set of possibilities for mathematics, from computer science to cryptography ...

By solving part of the Langlands program, a mathematical proof that was long thought to be unachievable, Dennis Gaitsgory ...

The best method that we have for defining color is by using math. Specifically, mind-boggling mathematical models called ...

Using advanced mathematical tools inspired by physics, the team has derived a general equation for any number of tangent ...

For a long time, the Kakeya conjecture, which involves rotating an infinitely narrow needle, kept mathematicians ...

Monash University researchers have extended Descartes’ Circle Theorem by finding a general equation for any number of tangent ...

Eighth-grade test scores in Maryland have been declining for many years — and not just because of the COVID-19 pandemic.