Tao: Today there are a lot of very tedious types of mathematics that we don’t like doing, so we look for clever ways to get ...

Since ancient Greece, researchers have tried to isolate special rational points on curves. Now they have the first ever formula that applies uniformly to all curves ...

What sets Finnish racers apart isn’t just raw talent or nerves of steel. It’s their uncanny ability to calculate risk at high ...

Researchers from the University of Maryland, Lawrence Livermore, Columbia and TogetherAI have developed a training technique that triples LLM inference speed without auxiliary models or infrastructure ...

A machine learning (ML) model might retrain or drift between quarterly operational syncs. This means that, by the time an ...

The work of numerous mathematicians culminated in the discovery of hyperbolic geometry; today, thanks to virtual reality, it is possible to glimpse it beyond its formulas ...

One ball on a Plinko board is unpredictable. Drop a thousand and they form a near-perfect bell curve—one of math’s most powerful ideas for 150+ years.

Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to assess just how poorly they perform.

In 2019, the world’s leading authority on testing and comparing international educational performance announced stunning results from its latest round of examinations of 15-year-olds: China was number ...

One of the telltale signs of a bubble is when a stock price falls despite good news. Earlier this week, Nvidia released earnings that beat market expectations. Revenue was up 62% from a year ago.