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How Does Graph Theory Shape Our World?

June 26, 2025

Maria Chudnovsky reflects on her journey in graph theory, her groundbreaking solution to the long-standing perfect graph problem, and the unexpected ways this abstract field intersects with everyday life.

A New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands the Same Side Up

June 25, 2025

A tetrahedron is the simplest Platonic solid. Mathematicians have now made one that’s stable only on one side, confirming a decades-old conjecture.

Is Mathematics Mostly Chaos or Mostly Order?

June 20, 2025

Two new notions of infinity challenge a long-standing plan to define the mathematical universe.

Epic Effort to Ground Physics in Math Opens Up the Secrets of Time

June 11, 2025

By mathematically proving how individual molecules create the complex motion of fluids, three mathematicians have illuminated why time can’t flow in reverse.

The Core of Fermat’s Last Theorem Just Got Superpowered

June 2, 2025

By extending the scope of the key insight behind Fermat’s Last Theorem, four mathematicians have made great strides toward building a “grand unified theory” of math.

Graduate Student Solves Classic Problem About the Limits of Addition

May 22, 2025

A new proof illuminates the hidden patterns that emerge when addition becomes impossible.

New ‘Superdiffusion’ Proof Probes the Mysterious Math of Turbulence

May 16, 2025

Turbulence is a notoriously difficult phenomenon to study. Mathematicians are now starting to untangle it at its smallest scales.

Dimension 126 Contains Strangely Twisted Shapes, Mathematicians Prove

May 5, 2025

A new proof represents the culmination of a 65-year-old story about anomalous shapes in special dimensions.

Mathematical Beauty, Truth and Proof in the Age of AI

April 30, 2025

Mathematicians have started to prepare for a profound shift in what it means to do math.

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