The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

We've been studying them for millennia, so how far have we come?

By providing targeted supports and instruction, teachers can help students with dyscalculia find more comfort and success in ...

Much of the way math is taught was developed before we had neuroscientific insight into how the brain actually learns.

Children’s math negativity adversely impacts their dedication and successful learning. Here, we’ll suggest interventions to ...

For centuries, the greatest minds — from Euclid to Euler — have wrestled with problems that seem simple to state but impossible to solve. Some trace back to the dawn of mathematics itself. 'Deplorable ...

Recent media coverage of an 18-year-old woman from Greenland's legal battle to regain custody of her baby after the child was taken from by government authorities just an hour after birth has cast a ...

24-year-old founder and CEO Carina Hong created Axiom Math in March 2025 and has recruited a team of ten employees, most of whom are from Meta, to build a math-focused AI model. Last fall, Carina Hong ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: The importance of math literacy cannot be overstated (“Math crisis began a decade ago and has only ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. American students are experiencing a math crisis marked by a decline in scores that began over a decade ago and ...

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