What's up in
Mathematics
Latest Articles
Solution: ‘The Problem With Dancing Shapes’
Assigning elements from a large collection to one of two categories can yield almost “magical” predictions about highly complicated problems without actually solving them.
The Problem With Dancing Shapes
In a geometrically designed social club, how do dancing, triangles and hexagons mix?
Solution: ‘Sleeping Beauty’s Dilemma’
The solution to this month’s puzzle gets to the bottom of the famously ambiguous Sleeping Beauty probability problem.
Sleeping Beauty’s Necker Cube Dilemma
Like a visually ambiguous Necker cube, the famous Sleeping Beauty problem can be perceived in two seemingly valid ways.
Solution: ‘The Fabulously Fair Feast’
The solution to this month’s puzzle explains how to design a Sudoku square to figure out the likes and dislikes of four or eight finicky friends.
Hope Rekindled for Perplexing Proof
Three years ago, a solitary mathematician released an impenetrable proof of the famous abc conjecture. At a recent conference dedicated to the work, optimism mixed with bafflement.
Landmark Algorithm Breaks 30-Year Impasse
Computer scientists are abuzz over a fast new algorithm for solving one of the central problems in the field.
The Fabulously Fair Feast
For this month’s puzzle, design a Sudoku square to figure out the likes and dislikes of four finicky friends.
Math Quartet Joins Forces on Unified Theory
A new breakthrough that bridges number theory and geometry is just the latest triumph for a close-knit group of mathematicians.