
How Honesty Won This Economist a Nobel Prize
Here's the surprising math at the heart of auction theory
How Honesty Won This Economist a Nobel Prize
Here's the surprising math at the heart of auction theory
At Secret Math Meeting, Researchers Struggle to Outsmart AI
The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs
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Mathematicians Solve Multidimensional Fruit-Slicing Dilemma
A 40-year-old conjecture on shapes’ cross sections is finally proven
Our World Is Getting More Complicated. Here’s the 19th-Century Math That Proves It
Nothing in the cosmos is in equilibrium, which means entropy is on the rise
The Creepy Calculus of Measuring Death Risk
Meet micromorts and microlives, statistical units that help mathematicians to calculate risk
Math Puzzle: Measure the Star
Build a special set of dice in this math puzzle
Zero Is Foundational to Modern Mathematics. But It Was Rejected for Centuries
Conceptual problems, ideology clashes and xenophobia prevented the concept of zero from catching on for a long time. Today all mathematics is based on it
This Cutting-Edge Encryption Originates in Renaissance Art and Math
The mathematics underpinning the modern method of elliptic curve cryptography originated with Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi
Prime Number Mystery Is Key to Magic: The Gathering Card Game Strategy
The popular fantasy card game Magic: The Gathering has a new card related to prime numbers. Now fans are trying to use it to tackle one of the biggest problems in mathematics
‘Chaos’ Angle Explains Why Pedestrian Traffic Snarls to a Stop
In general, crowds like to form lanes to get across—until too many people go in too many different directions
Alan Turing’s Lost Work Could Reveal How Tigers Got Their Stripes
The world-famous mathematician Alan Turing found a possible mechanism for iconic animal patterns thanks to differential equations
Mathematicians’ Favorite Shapes Hold the Key to Big Mathematical Mysteries
Mathematicians describe the most beautiful and beguiling forms and surfaces they know