This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it may seem like geometry and trigonometry were created by the Greeks as a form ...

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A right triangular plate scaled by a factor two generates a bigger plate composed of four triangular plates the same size as the original. By using dimensional analysis we write the moment of inertia ...

I’m diving into the wild claim that scientists found the ‘FIRST PROOF’ of a parallel universe! In 2017, Durham University researchers spotted a cosmic Cold Spot, a region 1.8 billion light years ...

The field of formal verification is all about using mathematically rigorous techniques and tools to prove properties about systems. The applications of formal verification vary widely. There are ...

DeepSeek AI has announced the release of DeepSeek-Prover-V2, a groundbreaking open-source large language model specifically designed for formal theorem proving within the Lean 4 environment. This ...

A Greenfoot template that enhances collision detection using convex hulls and the Separating Axis Theorem, optimized with an efficient hybrid approach.

For over 2,000 years, mathematicians believed a purely trigonometric proof of Pythagoras’ theorem was impossible. But two high school students from Louisiana may have just changed that. Their ...

THE first attempt to prove Fermat's last theorem contained in this edition repeats a fallacy to which attention has already been directed in NATURE, Oct. 30, 1919. On pp. 18, 21, “quantities”t and υ ...

Willow's computation speed vastly surpasses the capabilities of current supercomputers. Neven suggests Willow's speed supports the existence of parallel universes. The claims have sparked debate among ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about the oldest known tadpole, new proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem, and the evolutionary roots of alcohol consumption. All ...