GPT-5.2 Pro delivers a Lean-verified proof of Erdős Problem 397, marking a shift from pattern-matching AI to autonomous ...

The Greek philosopher Plato wrote about Socrates challenging a student with the "doubling the square" problem in about 385 B.C.E. When asked to double the area of a square, the student doubled the ...

“I was curious to establish a baseline for when LLMs are effectively able to solve open math problems compared to where they ...

Adding one irrelevant sentence to math problems causes AI systems to make confident mistakes over 300 percent more.

Math teacher Emma Chiappetta uses a three-round exercise to help students not only recognize their errors, but also generate ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...

You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...

Ramsey problems, such as r(4,5) are simple to state, but as shown in this graph, the possible solutions are nearly endless, making them very difficult to solve. We’ve all been there: staring at a math ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...