Math Puzzle: How Many Routes Can You Find?
Try to solve a traveling salesman’s directional dilemma
Math Puzzle: How Many Routes Can You Find?
Try to solve a traveling salesman’s directional dilemma
These Are the Most Beautiful Equations, according to Mathematicians
Mathematicians picked the most dazzling, thought-provoking and compelling equations they know
How a Secret Society Discovered Irrational Numbers
Myths and legends surround the origins of these numbers
AI Will Become Mathematicians’ ‘Co-Pilot’
Fields Medalist Terence Tao explains how proof checkers and AI programs are dramatically changing mathematics
Prime Number Puzzle Has Stumped Mathematicians for More Than a Century
Experts have only started to crack the tricky twin prime conjecture
Ada Lovelace’s Endnotes Foretold the Future of Computation
Ada Lovelace’s wisdom about the first general-purpose computer can be found buried in the appendix of another paper
Math Can Help Solve Social Justice Problems
Mathematicians are working on ways to use their field to tackle major social issues, such as social inequality and the need for gender equity
An Alternative to Conventional Neural Networks Could Help Reveal What AI Is Doing behind the Scenes
Despite their performance, current AI models have major weaknesses: they require enormous resources and are indecipherable. Help may be on the way
How the Guinness Brewery Invented the Most Important Statistical Method in Science
The most common test of statistical significance originated from the Guinness brewery. Here’s how it works
The Mathematical Case for Monkeys Producing Shakespeare—Eventually
An infinite number of random events can produce just about anything if you have quintillions of years to wait
Mathematicians Explain Why Some Lengths Can’t Be Measured
Can you assign a size to every object? The surprising answer is no
Mathematician Who Tamed Randomness Wins Abel Prize
Michel Talagrand innovative work has allowed others to tackle problems involving random processes