A mathematical trick speeds up seismic calculations for earthquake simulations and could revolutionize earthquake preparedness.

Learn how to calculate and plot mathematical functions using a spreadsheet. This tutorial shows step-by-step how to set up formulas, visualize data, and create clear graphs for math and science ...

Handwritten Mathematical Expression Recognition (HMER) is challenging due to complex structural relationships, implicit symbols, and variations in handwriting styles. Therefore, this paper presents a ...

Abstract: This study investigates the impact of images and visual schemes on students’ performance during mathematical problem solving (MPS). Forty primary education preservice teachers participated ...

According to Lex Fridman (@lexfridman), his in-depth conversation with Joel David Hamkins (@JDHamkins) explores the intersection of artificial intelligence and mathematical logic, focusing on how AI ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Zoo’s veterinary team is providing care to a lethargic bald eagle, according to the zoo’s Facebook post on Wednesday, Dec. 31. Someone first reported the sick bird ...

Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before numbers were written down. By closely studying Halafian pottery, researchers ...

In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day. By Jordan Ellenberg Jordan Ellenberg, a professor of mathematics at the ...

That’s how Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun described the blowback after OpenAI researchers did a victory lap over GPT-5’s supposed math breakthroughs. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis added, ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...