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 ...

In this video, we solve a challenging geometry problem using pure logic, geometric reasoning, and smart observations—no trigonometric formulas required. This approach helps you build deeper ...

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 ...

OpenAI released GPT-4o, its latest chatbot technology, in a partly finished state. It has much to prove. ChatGPT-4o trying to solve a geometry problemCredit...Arsenii Vaselenko for The New York Times ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...

You probably don’t need more time. By Jancee Dunn When I look back on all the major decisions I’ve dithered over, I could scream. It took me a decade to commit to becoming a parent. I wavered for a ...

We’re living in the age of copy-paste intelligence. You can spin up an AI-powered landing page in 15 minutes, plug in a few GPT calls, and it’ll even write its own press release. The tools are ...

Alan Veliz-Cuba has received funding from the Simons Foundation and the American Mathematical Society for some of his research. You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an ...