Math difficulty is still not well understood. But a systems approach may lead to advances in diagnosis and treatment.

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How can you have a proof without proving anything? Mathematicians found a way and, in the process, came to blows over it – ...

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Toy Story 5 opened in theaters on Thursday, June 19, to $17.5 million in previews — the second-highest animated preview total in history — and is tracking toward a $164 million domestic opening ...

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This month, 30 mathematicians gathered at Harvard University to grade a consequential and difficult problem set. This wasn’t just any test; its outcome would guide a field grappling with existential ...

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians. What does that mean for their future? Credit...Illustrations by Yoshi ...

Place any number of dots on a two-dimensional plane—say, a piece of paper—and measure the distance between each pair. If you rearrange the dots, how many pairs could be positioned exactly the same ...

Mathematician Will Sawin discusses his experience reviewing and refining a mathematical proof devised by OpenAI's internal model—and what that could mean for mathematics. Reading time 10 minutes Will ...