Mathematicians Yu Deng, John Pardon, Jacob Tsimerman and Hong Wang have won the 2026 Fields Medal — one of the most coveted ...

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Grok 4.5 constructed a counterexample proving hypercontractivity fails on the 4-sphere, closing a decades-old gap in mathematics with implications for AI ...

Many students see the equal sign as a signal to calculate, rather than a symbol of equivalence. Here’s how to clear up that misunderstanding.

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