Researchers have demonstrated, using a novel approach, that the original solution to Dudeney’s famous dissection problem is indeed the optimal one. In 1907, English author and mathematician Henry Erne ...

The deceptively simple Kakeya conjecture has bedeviled mathematicians for 50 years. A new proof of the conjecture in three ...

Carnegie Mellon University researchers propose a new LLM training technique that gives developers more control over chain-of-thought length.

What shapes are made by a spinning needle? This seemingly innocent problem has puzzled mathematicians for decades, but now a ...

Harvard scientist Dr. Willie Soon claims a mathematical formula proves God's existence, sparking debate on the convergence of ...

Harvard scientist Dr. Willie Soon introduces a bold hypothesis that a mathematical formula could prove the existence of God.

Elon Musk, the public face of the Department of Government Efficiency, posted a raised-eyebrow emoji in response to the DOGE ...

But in other cases, there’s a difference between what a term means in casual conversation and what it means as a logical ...