S-M-A-R-T! These researchers used math to crack Wordle

Every day, millions of people play Wordle, the popular New York Times game that challenges users to guess a secret five-letter word. Using information theory, a team of researchers at Binghamton ...
Gizmodo

An OpenAI Model ‘Disproved’ a Famous Math Conjecture. This Mathematician Couldn’t Leave It Alone

Mathematician Will Sawin discusses his experience reviewing and refining a mathematical proof devised by OpenAI's internal model—and what that could mean for mathematics. Reading time 10 minutes Will ...
Ars Technica

An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years

In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in discrete geometry that had stumped human mathematicians for the last 80 ...
Science Daily

Study shows addressing working memory can help students with math difficulty improve word problem-solving skills

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...
Wall Street Journal

A Famous Math Problem Stumped Humans for 80 Years. AI Just Cracked It.

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...
acm.org

I Spent a Year Asking AI to Solve Math’s Hardest Problem. Here’s What Happened

It started almost by accident. At my startup Dwelly, I constantly push the limits of what AI tools can actually do. One day I just typed into a chat: “Can you prove P ≠ NP?”—referring to the problem ...
Forbes

OpenAI AI Finds Counterexample To Decades-Old Math Theory

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. News about AI math problem raises realization that finding counterexamples can be extremely ...
ABC15 Arizona

Coolidge principal taking flight over campus after school completes three million math problems

COOLIDGE, AZ — Last year, ABC15 met Imagine Coolidge Elementary Principal Erik Collins after he paid off a promise to students by sleeping on the school roof after they completed one million math ...
Time

America’s Math Crisis

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Popular Science

Can you best a math Olympiad? Test your skills with the world’s largest database of problems.

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Science Daily

Intervention based on science of reading, math boosts comprehension, word problem-solving skills

Researchers tested a research-based intervention with English learners with math difficulty. The intervention proved to boost comprehension and help students synthesize and visualize information, ...