The math world is losing its mind over the new solution to an Erdős problem. This is what AI found, how we missed it—and why it matters.

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Whenever I get coffee with a mathematician, I always ask which of the seven Millennium Problems they think will be next to ...

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The result is correct but challenges core norms of mathematics: checking proofs, crediting ideas and keeping research open to ...