Mathematics: Facts, news, features and articles about counting, equations, and infamous unsolved problems
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This Mathematician's 'Mysterious' New Method Just Solved a 30-Year-Old ProblemThe proof took 30 years to be solved, but it's so simple and elegant that you can summarize it in a single tweet.
By Rafi Letzter Published
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Mathematicians Edge Closer to Solving a 'Million Dollar' Math ProblemA new paper could end up being a big step toward solving one of the oldest unanswered puzzles in mathematics: Is the Riemann hypothesis correct?
By Rafi Letzter Published
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Computer Software Could Crack Centuries-Old Math PuzzleOpinion Mathematicians have known how to solve something called an S-unit equation for several years. However, the process is so convoluted that few can actually use it to tackle their problems.
By Christopher Rasmussen Published
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A Mathematician Just Solved a Deceptively Simple Puzzle That Has Boggled Minds for 64 YearsCan you add three cubed numbers and get 33? A mathematician just did, and it took only a few quadrillion attempts.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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Karen Uhlenbeck Just Won One of Math's Most Prestigious Prizes. Here's Why Her Work Is So Important.Her work has led to some of the most important advances in math in the last 40 years.
By Yasemin Saplakoglu Published
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How a German City Developed — And Then Lost — Generations of Math GeniusesFeature Anti-Semitism brought down one of the world's greatest centers for mathematical research.
By David Gunderman Published
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Mathematician Claims He Solved 160-Year-Old Math Problem. Critics Say Probably Not.Critics are weary.
By Yasemin Saplakoglu Published
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This Man Won the Top Prize in Mathematics — Then Someone Immediately Stole ItCaucher Birkar, a mathematician at the University of Cambridge, won the 14-carat gold Fields Medal, math's version of the Nobel Prize. Then someone stole it.
By Rafi Letzter Published
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This Biologist Cracked a Problem That's Stumped Mathematicians for 68 YearsAn amateur mathematician just partially solved the Hadwiger-Nelson problem, which has vexed mathematicians since 1950.
By Rafi Letzter Published
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