Artificial intelligence has formally verified the prizewinning proof that solved the sphere packing problem in eight dimensions, a result closely tied to Maryna Viazovska’s Fields Medal. The ...

A PHD in math disproved an 87 year old math problem with about two hours of working with Anthropic Fable. The Jacobian ...

In an episode of the cartoon, a machine lets characters swap bodies, but they can’t switch back with the same person. Math ...

In May 2026, OpenAI released a new math result that sent shock waves throughout the world of mathematical research. A major ...

The same branch of mathematics that helped Einstein to formulate his theory of general relativity could now allow scientists to peer with unprecedented accuracy into impenetrable objects—such as the ...

Its writer, Ken Keeler, had to formulate an original mathematical proof to solve a significant plot problem. The bodies and minds of nine characters are mixed up so wildly that it becomes hard to ...

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