Mathematicians spent 2025 exploring the edge of mathematics
When numbers get large, things get weirdJezper / Alamy In 2025, the edges of mathematics…
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How the Mathematics of Honesty Underlies These Auctions
You’re at a blind auction, and the rules are simple. If you see something that…
9 Unsolved Mysteries in Mathematics
Mathematicians sometimes think of their research as a garden and unsolved problems as seeds waiting…
Three of the Strangest Paradoxes in Mathematics
Sometimes your gut feelings lead you astray—particularly in mathematics, in which one constantly comes across…
The Riemann Hypothesis, the Biggest Problem in Mathematics, Is a Step Closer to Being Solved
The Riemann hypothesis is the most important open question in number theory—if not all of…
Why science relies too much on mathematics
The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand…
DeepMind AI solves hard geometry problems from mathematics olympiad
Geometrical problems involve proving facts about angles or lines in complicated shapesGoogle DeepMind An AI…
What the mathematics of knots reveals about the shape of the universe
Sybillla/ShutterstockSybillla/Shutterstock The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we…
Two beguiling mathematics books reviewed: The Seven Measures of the World and Four Ways of Thinking
A three-dimensional quantum gas atomic clock.Science Photo Library The Seven Measures of the World Piero…