A new math puzzle designed to challenge readers of all ages is coming to the Daily Press. David Genter, a puzzle developer ...

Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of our understanding - and ...

YoungHoon Kim, referred to as the world's smartest man with an IQ of 276, asserts that God's existence can be proven through mathematics. Explore his logical proofs and views on life's meaning.

Notes for MATH700132 (Mathematical Logic) taught by David Evans at Imperial in Spring 2025. They are a work in progress. These notes are primarily based on the content covered in lectures, with some ...

You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...

Hallucination is fundamental to how transformer-based language models work. In fact, it’s their greatest asset: this is the method by which language models find links between sometimes disparate ...

Some of the oldest puzzles in history involve “figuring out” people’s ages. They are found in ancient texts across cultures, demonstrating a long-standing fascination with imaginative and logical ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the turn of the 20th century, the renowned mathematician David Hilbert had a grand ambition to bring a more rigorous, mathematical ...

In the context of mass higher education, Chinese application-oriented undergraduate institutions face significant teaching challenges stemming from the increasingly diverse student population. This ...

Artificial intelligence is advancing across a wide range of fields, with one of the most important developments being its growing capacity for reasoning. This capability could help AI becomes a ...

Microsoft has introduced a new set of small language models called Phi-4-reasoning, Phi-4-reasoning-plus, and Phi-4-mini-reasoning, which are described as "marking a new era for efficient AI." These ...