Every online bank transfer, private message and Bitcoin transaction rests on the assumption that some math problems are ...

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Noah Giansiracusa is professor of mathematics at Bentley University, faculty associate at Harvard University, and author of ...

Too often, we see the deluge of content streaming through our tech platforms as a wave washing over us. But the reality is that this is a “wave” we are choosing to ride. It’s useful to think of our ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Google’s DeepMind research division claims its newest AI agent marks a significant step toward using the technology to tackle big problems in math and science. The system, known as AlphaEvolve, is ...

It’s been difficult to find important questions that quantum computers can answer faster than classical machines, but a new algorithm appears to do it for some critical optimization tasks. For ...

Mathematicians sometimes think of their research as a garden and unsolved problems as seeds waiting to sprout. Some problems are analogous to tulip bulbs. As mathematicians work to solve them, they ...

Claude 3.7 Sonnet, the latest AI model from Anthropic, represents a significant advancement in artificial intelligence. With its enhanced reasoning capabilities, exceptional coding proficiency, and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Computer scientists often deal with abstract problems that are hard to comprehend, but an exciting new algorithm matters to anyone who ...