Math

Here's the surprising math at the heart of auction theory

The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs

A 40-year-old conjecture on shapes’ cross sections is finally proven

Nothing in the cosmos is in equilibrium, which means entropy is on the rise

Meet micromorts and microlives, statistical units that help mathematicians to calculate risk

Build a special set of dice in this math puzzle

Conceptual problems, ideology clashes and xenophobia prevented the concept of zero from catching on for a long time. Today all mathematics is based on it

The mathematics underpinning the modern method of elliptic curve cryptography originated with Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi

The popular fantasy card game Magic: The Gathering has a new card related to prime numbers. Now fans are trying to use it to tackle one of the biggest problems in mathematics

In general, crowds like to form lanes to get across—until too many people go in too many different directions

The world-famous mathematician Alan Turing found a possible mechanism for iconic animal patterns thanks to differential equations

Mathematicians describe the most beautiful and beguiling forms and surfaces they know