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The four-color theorem has haunted mathematicians for decades. It just got a rare new proof, but some still long for a simpler solution

Quanta magazine.Some math problems continue to haunt researchers long after they’ve been solved. A proof emerges, is even ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Solving Fermat: Andrew Wiles

Andrew Wiles devoted much of his entire career to proving Fermat's Last Theorem, the world's most famous mathematical problem. In 1993, he made front-page headlines when he announced a proof of the ...
The Guardian

Teens who discovered new way to prove Pythagoras’s theorem uncover even more proofs

As high school students, Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson worked to find valid new proof for the 2,000-year-old theorem Two college freshmen who, during their final year of high school, found a new ...
Phys.org

High school students present five new ways of proving Pythagoras' Theorem via trigonometry

In 2022, U.S. high school students Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson astonished teachers when they discovered a new way to prove Pythagoras' theorem using trigonometry after entering a competition at ...
Forbes

Claude Formalized Fermat’s Last Theorem In 11 Days On 6 Billion Output Tokens

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Anthropic's Claude formalized Fermat's Last Theorem in Lean in just 11 days, costing an ...
Nature

Anthropic AI ‘formalizes’ proof of Fermat’s last theorem — a milestone for mathematics

Fermat’s last theorem, one of the most celebrated mathematical results of the past half-century, has been turned into computer-verified code for the first time, using an advanced prototype of the ...

A swarm of AI read a 15,000-page 'enormous theorem' into a machine in 24 days—34 discrepancies found

Have you ever picked up a die and counted the ways you can rotate it so it looks the same? There are 6 ways to choose which ...
Investopedia

Bayes' Theorem: What It Is, Formula, and Examples

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...
BBC

Pythagoras' theorem

Use Pythagoras’ theorem to show a triangle is right-angled or to find one side of a right-angled triangle when two sides are known. Make sure you are confident at substituting into and manipulating ...