For over a decade, mathematicians have failed to agree whether a 500-page proof is actually correct. Now, translating the ...

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For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

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

A research team including a scientist of Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan, has identified a novel principle in biology that mathematically explains why the ...

Mathematician Grigori Perelman solved the Poincaré conjecture, and then rejected the $1 million prize that came with it.