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A ‘Monumental’ Math Proof Solves the Triple Bubble Problem

May 7, 2023 8:00 AM

Even Odds

Mathematicians Roll the Dice and Get Rock-Paper-Scissors

Mar 5, 2023 8:00 AM

Obfuscators

Computer Scientists Achieve the ‘Crown Jewel’ of Cryptography

Nov 15, 2020 8:00 AM

Algorithms

Computer Scientists Break the 'Traveling Salesperson' Record

Oct 18, 2020 8:00 AM

Hidden Symmetries

Mathematicians Report New Discovery About the Dodecahedron

Sep 6, 2020 8:00 AM

Number Theory

A Landmark Math Proof Clears a Hurdle in an Erdős Conjecture

Aug 16, 2020 8:00 AM

Clever Twist

A Grad Student Solved the Epic Conway Knot Problem—in a Week

May 24, 2020 8:00 AM

Langlands Correspondence

The New Math Bridge Beyond Fermat’s Last Theorem

Apr 12, 2020 2:00 PM

boolean functions

A Decades-Old Computer Science Puzzle Was Solved in Two Pages

Aug 4, 2019 7:00 AM

unusual toys

The Collector Who Finds Startling Objects in Plain Sight

Dec 2, 2018 8:00 AM

superpermutations

How a 4chan Post Helped Solve a 25-Year-Old Math Puzzle

Nov 11, 2018 7:00 AM

cryptography

A Grad Student Solved a Key Quantum Computing Problem

Oct 14, 2018 7:00 AM

Number Theory

Math Titans Clash Over Epic Proof of the ABC Conjecture

Sep 30, 2018 7:00 AM

Math

In Search of God’s Perfect Proofs

Mar 24, 2018 7:00 AM

Mathematics

This Mathematician Lost Five Years of Work—And Rebuilt It All

Nov 28, 2017 2:49 PM

politics

Gerrymandering Is Illegal, but Only Mathematicians Can Prove It

Apr 16, 2017 8:00 AM

mathematics

The Oracle of Arithmetic Works Best Without Writing Down a Thing

Jul 3, 2016 7:00 AM

mathematics

A Simple Proof From the Pattern-Matching Card Game Set Stuns Mathematicians

Jun 10, 2016 7:00 PM

mathematics

Mathematician Solves the Centuries-Old Sphere Problem in Higher Dimensions

Apr 2, 2016 7:00 AM

mathematics

Mathematicians Have Discovered a Prime Conspiracy

Mar 20, 2016 7:00 AM