Tao: Today there are a lot of very tedious types of mathematics that we don’t like doing, so we look for clever ways to get ...

Since ancient Greece, researchers have tried to isolate special rational points on curves. Now they have the first ever formula that applies uniformly to all curves ...

Adam Silver’s latest crusade against tanking has him looking like Don Quixote, tilting at windmills.

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Michael Easter gets this question all the time. Here, he breaks down the formula he uses and why this number has been historically hard to calculate.

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Cambridge-born DeepTech company BeyondMath, which has developed a first-of-its-kind generative physics model, has closed a $10 million Seed round extension led by Cambridge Innovation Capital, ...

Ubiquitous screens, classroom chaos, a dearth of qualified teachers: The reasons our children are struggling in math class ...

In revamping its approach to math, Illinois joins a growing group of states that are passing legislation, unveiling new requirements, or issuing revised guidance designed to counteract yearslong ...

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We have yet to see any rebound in middle school math on the nation’s report card, where scores declined by 8 points from 2019 to 2022 and remained at that low point when kids last took NAEP in 2024.