MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab has released a massive, public collection of proof-based math problems ...

The painstaking process of formalization to verify proofs is starting to surge thanks to AI. That could radically change the ...

Since the start of the 20th century, the heart of mathematics has been the proof — a rigorous, logical argument for whether a given statement is true or false. Mathematicians’ careers are measured by ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Amid the growing ...

Number theorist Andrew Granville on what mathematics really is — and why objectivity is never quite within reach. In 2012, the mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki claimed he had solved the abc conjecture ...

From groundbreaking trigonometric proofs by high schoolers to research showing how games, hands-on projects, and digital tools boost early numeracy, playful math is transforming learning. Studies ...

Computers are extremely good with numbers, but they haven’t gotten many human mathematicians fired. Until recently, they could barely hold their own in high school-level math competitions. But now ...

GPT-5.4 Pro cracked a conjecture in number theory that had stumped generations of mathematicians, using a proof strategy that ...

From prehistoric pottery designs to the formal proofs of ancient Greece, mathematics has evolved as both an art and a science ...