Late last January, University of Cambridge mathematician Tim Gowers decided to run a little experiment. Was it possible, he wondered, for a large number of mathematicians to collaborate openly on the ...

President Park Hyung-ju of Ajou University lectures on the mathematicians' Polymath Project at Polymath Day, held at Ajou University on August 3. -Courtesy of Donga Math- “Today's event is a very ...

Solving difficult problems requires luck. With many people participating, the chances of getting lucky increase. When people from various fields come together, they can come up with new ideas that ...

As gaming platforms like Roblox and Minecraft continue to grow in popularity among young children, and with platforms like YouTube consuming hours of their daily screen time, edtech companies face ...

While these properties may a priori seem different, in fact they turn out to be equivalent. The nontrivial implication amounts to saying that there does not exist a non-abelian group with a "norm". We ...

Mathematicians are not known as a social bunch, but a new “WikiMaths” project is allowing anyone to join in their cutting-edge research. A study into the effectiveness of the world's first virtual ...

A maths problem previously tackled with the help of a computer, which produced a proof the size of Wikipedia, has now been cut down to size by a human. Although it is unlikely to have practical ...