You are looking for

498 results found
Relevance | Newest | Oldest
Live from ICM 2026: What Is Math For in the Age of AI?
The Joy of Why

Live from ICM 2026: What Is Math For in the Age of AI?

By Janna Levin +1 author
September 3, 2026
Comment
In this special live recording from the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia, July 2026, the central question discussed was what do mathematicians really value about doing mathematics in the...
AI Has Solved One of Math’s $1 Million Millennium Prize Problems
artificial intelligence

AI Has Solved One of Math’s $1 Million Millennium Prize Problems

By Konstantin Kakaes
September 8, 2026
Comment
...in how mathematicians tackle difficult problems. This particular difficult problem deals with differential equations, which express relationships between changing quantities. They are arguably the single most important mathematical tool for...
What Is Math’s Mysterious Langlands Program Really About?
An illustration depicting stylized galaxies, each containing a different mathematical diagram or notation, connected by tubes meant to resemble wormholes.
Qualia

What Is Math’s Mysterious Langlands Program Really About?

By Natalie Wolchover
September 9, 2026
Comment
Hidden correspondences hint at a deeper structure to the mathematical universe. Our columnist unpacks one of those connections and asks mathematicians what they might mean. The mathematical universe is boundless...