A few short years ago, asking AI to add two four-digit numbers together for a third-grade math assignment would have been a bad idea. Over half the time, the answer would be wrong, studies have shown.

Elementary teachers can foster the critical thinking skills that help students develop independence in working through math ...

For starters, it can create a future in which students and professionals in the mathematics field change their preparation in ...

These basic problems stumped AI only a few years ago. Can you solve them?

The new results are likely to expand AI controversy roiling the mathematics community. OpenAI has posted hundreds of ...

A month after its Millennium Prize solution, OpenAI released findings on more than 300 problems—and tried to win back the ...

Areas of pure math such as algebra, analysis, combinatorics and many others can be used—in some cases combined—to solve the complex math problems arising from applications of math to the real world.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. This blog was updated on June 24, 2026 to clarify a statistic ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. OpenAI said its agents solved the Navier-Stokes equation—a 200-year-old mathematical formula ...

In September 2019, news broke regarding progress on this 82-year-old question, thanks to prolific mathematician Terence Tao. And while the story of Tao’s breakthrough is promising, the problem isn’t ...

We've all been there: staring at a math test with a problem that seems impossible to solve. What if finding the solution to a problem took almost a century? For mathematicians who dabble in Ramsey ...