SINGAPORE – Lim Meng Liang, 38, spends most of his time solving the impossible. As a specialist in Diophantine equations – notoriously complex mathematical problems famous for having no solutions – ...

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

With automated proof-checkers, a problem can be broken up into small chunks, solved bit-by-bit, then reassembled with confidence that every piece is correct. For some, this heralds a new area in ...

Random numbers are very important to us in this computer age, being used for all sorts of security and cryptographic tasks. [Theory to Thing] recently built a device to generate random numbers using ...

Class is almost over—but instead of zoning out or packing up early, your students are hunched over their work, erasing, recalculating, and debating. The room buzzes with the rich math talk every ...

A team of scientists at King’s College London has discovered a new set of mathematical equations that can turn any sequence of random, unpredictable events into a clock. This research suggests that ...

If you’ve ever shuffled a deck of playing cards, you’ve most likely created a unique deck. That is, you’re probably the only person who has ever arranged the cards in precisely that order. Although ...

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Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

What do you remember about maths at school? Did you whizz through the problems and enjoy getting the answers right? Or did you often feel lost and worried you weren’t keeping up? Perhaps you felt ...