Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day.

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For centuries, mathematics was seen as the one discipline immune to contradiction — until one man proved it wasn’t. In the ...

Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically talented teens. Campers contemplated notions such as how to prove whether a ...

When U.S. law student Areeb Khan tried to sign into the online portal to take his practice bar exam, he was met with a strange message: "Due to poor lighting we are unable to identify your face." ...