Just less than before, according to the ORCA test exclusive Current-day LLMs are prediction engines and, as such, they can ...

Math scholar and alumna Carolyn Yackel uses fiber arts to explore some of the most fundamental patterns in geometry ...

Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools.

“Our goal was to build a clear mathematical bridge between abstract algebra and the experience of listening to music,” said study co-author Olga Ibragimova. “When we think of melodies as shapes we can ...

Why do some melodies feel instantly right, balanced, memorable and satisfying, even if you have never heard them before? New research from the University of Waterloo suggests that more than creativity ...

One ball on a Plinko board is unpredictable. Drop a thousand and they form a near-perfect bell curve—one of math’s most powerful ideas for 150+ years.

Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT show reasoning errors across many domains. Identifying vulnerabilities is good for public safety, industry, and the scientists making these models. The human ...

As students walked out of examination centres, the consensus began to emerge—the paper tested conceptual clarity but demanded ...

Mathematics, like many other scientific endeavors, is increasingly using artificial intelligence. Of course, math is the backbone of AI, but mathematicians are also turning to these tools for tasks ...

Mathematics is often described as pure, uniform, and abstract. This characterization holds true for pure mathematics, which deals with axioms, postulates, and theorems. However, questions arise ...

In the dusty, book-filled tumult of the Jaipur Literature Festival, where the air thrums with the rhythms of poetry and politics, one might not expect to find a mathematician holding court. But there ...