mathematics

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The multi-day exam, which began Sunday, drills test-takers on subjects including Chinese, mathematics, English, science and the humanities -- with the tallied scores to be released later this month.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

OpenAI researchers’ proof—or really, disproof—of Erdős’s planar unit-distance problem is the kind of milestone that proponents of AI’s use in advanced mathematics have been waiting for.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

“We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle-school mathematics while simultaneously teaching the material students need for sciences, engineering, economics, and other quantitatively demanding fields,” they warned.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

The mathematics also requires the strings to exist in at least 10 dimensions rather than the four dimensions humans experience.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

The concept of the irrational was hidden like a time bomb inside Greek mathematics.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife