The Latest Breaking News from Mathematics

There will be a collective gasp as governments and policymakers reckon with drops in 15 year olds’ math skills in the wake of the pandemic, as captured by the OECD’s release of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022 results.

SCOTLAND has seen declines in performance across reading, science, and mathematics in line with global trends, according to the latest international…

Educational research group says rise is more to do with other countries’ performances dropping

With the recent sacking and swift rehiring of Sam Altman by OpenAI, debates around the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) are once again in the spotlight. What’s more unusual is that a prominent theme in media reporting has been the ability of AI systems to do maths.

Alan Turing might be best known for his work helping to crack Germany’s “Enigma” communications code during the second world war. But he also came up with a theory where patterns can form just through chemical compounds spreading out (diffusing) and reacting with one another. This became known as reaction-diffusion…

Musk's "rebellious" AI bot is obnoxious and snarky, but there's more to it than meets the eye.

Mathematics has long been the backbone of innovation, driving technological, engineering, and economic advancements. Yet, across the United States, a persistent struggle with math literacy remains. “Mathematics is a powerful tool that transforms lives, unlocking opportunities in every field imaginable,” says Edward Ochieng Oyugi, a distinguished mathematics educator from Kenya.

Succeeding in love and business, roulette or a pub quiz is easy, says mathematician Marcus du Sautoy. You just have to know the right formula

How researchers conceptualize a disease informs how they treat it. Cancer is often described as uncontrollable cell growth triggered by genetic damage. But cancer can also be seen from angles that emphasize mathematics, evolutionary game theory and physics, among others.

Observe World Thrift Day to appreciate nature’s thriftiness. It follows the principle of least action to conserve energy and momentum, and its application yields bounties in the study of physics and mathematics.

At the Rozgar Mela in Mysuru, 185 recruits received appointment letters, with 84 from the railways and 59 from NITK. Ananya Kashyap, a post-graduate in Mathematics, was elated to receive her letter of appointment from the minister. NITK clarified that there was no time-bound promotion and recruits had to go…