For four decades, a quiet boundary in pure mathematics kept a powerful theorem locked inside the safe world of finite quantities. Now a new result known as Sebestyen’s theorem has pushed that boundary ...

For more than a century, Srinivasa Ramanujan’s uncanny formulas for the number pi have looked like pure mathematical ...

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In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer ...

A seemingly easy-looking math sum has left people scratching their heads as it proves to be more challenging than anticipated. The brain teaser, was shared this week on X by user @BholanathDutta and ...

We were overwhelmed by the response to our annual Letters to Santa feature, with more than 1,250 letters submitted this year. Due ...