Mathematics

Scientists have designed a new kind of paradoxical shape

Take apart the grid in this math puzzle

An elegant mix of math and gravity powers the Artemis II “free return” trajectory from Earth to the moon and back

You can track the start of spring and the phases of the moon—or you can turn to a formula by mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss

Decades of data have suggested the universe is flat, much like an infinite plane. But a new analysis reveals deep flaws in that simple conclusion

A start-up has surprised the scientific community with a breakthrough: translating a modern proof into a programming language for verification using AI. But not everyone is celebrating

More than 1,500 mathematicians are demanding that their field’s most prestigious meeting be moved from the U.S.

A new challenge reveals how well AI can tackle true math problems

Whether 0.999... equals 1 is the subject of bitter dispute in countless online forums

For 20 years, this computational linguistics competition has inspired new generations of innovators in AI and language preservation

The Mordell conjecture—now known as Faltings’s theorem—concerns the number of special points on a curve

When can mathematicians reverse engineer basketball tournament results from your friends’ brackets?