Smithsonian Magazine

Mathematicians Puzzled Over a Famous Problem for 80 Years. Now, They’ve Used A.I. to Identify a Clever Solution

In 1946, the mathematician Paul Erdős posed the unit distance problem—and suggested a winning strategy. An A.I. model has now ...

An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years

In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in ...

NYT ‘Pips’ Hints, Answers And Walkthrough For Tuesday, June 2

Looking for help with today's New York Times Pips? We'll walk you through today's puzzle and help you match dominoes to tiles ...
Science News

The math of choosing a restaurant meal is revealed in Richard Feynman’s notes

Physicist Richard Feynman turned a lunch dilemma into a math problem. Researchers finally cracked his notes and found people ...