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Quantum mechanics has at last been formulated exclusively with real numbers, bringing a mathematical puzzle at the heart of ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

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

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Artificial intelligence (AI) systems, particularly artificial neural networks, have proved to be highly promising tools for ...

Marijn Heule turns mathematical statements into something like Sudoku puzzles, then has computers go to work on them. His ...

A new theory claims dark matter and dark energy don’t exist — they’re just side effects of the universe’s changing forces. By ...