A Korean mathematician has solved one of geometry’s most stubborn puzzles, ending a problem that has challenged researchers for nearly 60 years and earning global recognition for a proof achieved ...

In a scene from the classic sitcom, "Friends," the characters Ross, Rachel and Chandler struggle to heft a new couch up the stairs of their apartment building. As they try to get the sofa around the ...

The movement of a moving sofa in the perspective of hallway (top) and sofa (bottom). Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2411.19826 A mathematician at Yonsei University, in Korea, claims to have ...

Axiom says its AI found solutions to several long-standing math problems, a sign of the technology’s steadily advancing reasoning capabilities.

Mathematics, like many other scientific endeavors, is increasingly using artificial intelligence. Of course, math is the backbone of AI, but mathematicians are also turning to these tools for tasks ...