“Everyone learns many mathematical operations in school: fractions, roots, logarithms, and trigonometric functions […] each with its own rules and a dedicated button on a scientific calculator,” notes ...

The tipping point came in the summer of 2025. That July, several artificial intelligence models solved five out of six problems at the International Mathematical Olympiad, an annual challenge for some ...

Decision tree regression is a fundamental machine learning technique to predict a single numeric value. A decision tree regression system incorporates a set of virtual if-then rules to make a ...

Speaking of bowling – that factored into one of the math games and puzzles that were part of the first-ever “Math with the Pack” at Westside School (WSB sponsor) in Arbor Heights. The Pack is a ...

Over the past couple of months, several researchers have begun making the same provocative claim: They used generative-AI tools to solve a previously unanswered math problem. The most extreme promises ...

The race is on to develop an artificial intelligence that can do pure mathematics, and top mathematicians just threw down the gauntlet with an exam of actual, unsolved problems that are relevant to ...

Some kids don’t struggle with math because they “don’t get numbers,” but because their brains have trouble adjusting when they make mistakes. Credit: Shutterstock Math struggles in kids may stem from ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

Over the weekend, Neel Somani, who is a software engineer, former quant researcher, and a startup founder, was testing the math skills of OpenAI’s new model when he made an unexpected discovery. After ...

UC San Diego says it’s struggling to deal with a large and growing number of freshmen whose math skills are below middle-school level, leaving many unprepared to thrive at an institution famed for its ...