Math

OpenAI’s claimed proof of the Navier-Stokes problem is a mathematical tour de force, but any real-world applications may be years away—if they ever arrive at all

The surprising real-world applications of high-dimensional sphere packing and the 48-year-old barrier that OpenAI just broke

A search for the most complex elliptic curves has taken mathematicians years. Claude beat the record in days

Moser’s circle problem can be used to divide a pizza into one, two, four, eight, 16 or 31 slices. It’s a perfect example of how the numbers in a sequence aren’t as clear-cut as they may first appear

After an OpenAI model presented a possible solution to the Navier-Stokes problem, mathematicians are speculating about which major unsolved question could be resolved next

Hang a painting poorly in this math puzzle

A new declaration from winners of the Fields Medal reflects many mathematicians’ growing alarm over a “severe misalignment” between the tech industry and their field a week after AI toppled one of math’s biggest open problems

Researchers devised the dice to solve a tricky math problem: When playing a game, who goes first?

What happens when machines surpass the most brilliant human minds? Mathematicians are finding out

The five Platonic solids are the epitome of perfection—at least in mathematics. Topology explains why there are only five of them

Prior to the announcement, rumors were circulating online among mathematicians over the proof’s origins—OpenAI has denied all allegations

A mathematician compared the feat to the history-making chess competition in which IBM’s Deep Blue computer beat Garry Kasparov in 1997