For all of the recent strides we’ve made in the math world—like a supercomputer finally solving the Sum of Three Cubes problem that puzzled mathematicians for 65 years—we’re forever crunching ...

For students, mathematics is perhaps one of the most divisive subjects out there. Some are great at it while others just don’t quite get it. For most entrance exams in universities and colleges, high ...

Top artificial intelligence systems now ace many textbook-style math questions, yet they still fall apart on genuinely new ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. A host of recent studies have examined how U.S. students’ mathematics skills compare against those of their foreign peers. Now, a new analysis probes a more precise ...

Think you're smart? Then you need to check out this difficult math riddle. A Singaporean TV presenter posted to Facebook a math/logic riddle on April 10, which quickly went viral. The riddle, which ...

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At most colleges there's only one thing less popular than a calculus class: a 9 a.m. calculus class. But on a recent morning at Williams College, all 50-odd seats are filled as Edward Burger teaches ...