Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly reflecting shapes to tile a surface, researchers uncovered a method that links ...

Google Deepmind says that a new artificial intelligence system has made a major breakthrough in one of the most difficult tests for AI. The company says that it has created a new AI system that can ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Mathematicians have solved a longstanding algebra problem, providing a general solution for ...

Mathematical language processing and problem solving represent a confluence of artificial intelligence, natural language processing and symbolic reasoning, aiming to bridge the gap between human ...

Teaching Children Mathematics (TCM) is an official journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and is intended as a resource for elementary school students, teachers, and teacher ...

In the context of a larger research project we collected thinking-aloud protocols from pupils of secondary schools when they tried to solve mathematical problems. Pupils solved arithmetic story ...

Little progress had been made in solving Ramsey problems since the 1930s. Now, researchers have found the answer to r(4,t), a longstanding Ramsey problem that has perplexed the math world for decades.

Problem-solving skills are at the top of everybody’s list of what makes for a great leader. The mindset is that if you can solve problems, you’re going to go far. But in reality, only people who solve ...

A team of scientists have solved the longstanding problem of how electrons move together as a group inside cylindrical nanoparticles. The new research provides an unexpected theoretical breakthrough ...

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