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Erica Klarreich

A ‘Monumental’ Math Proof Solves the Triple Bubble Problem

Mathematicians Roll the Dice and Get Rock-Paper-Scissors

Computer Scientists Achieve the ‘Crown Jewel’ of Cryptography

Computer Scientists Break the 'Traveling Salesperson' Record

Mathematicians Report New Discovery About the Dodecahedron

A Landmark Math Proof Clears a Hurdle in an Erdős Conjecture

A Grad Student Solved the Epic Conway Knot Problem—in a Week

The New Math Bridge Beyond Fermat’s Last Theorem

A Decades-Old Computer Science Puzzle Was Solved in Two Pages

The Collector Who Finds Startling Objects in Plain Sight

How a 4chan Post Helped Solve a 25-Year-Old Math Puzzle

A Grad Student Solved a Key Quantum Computing Problem

Math Titans Clash Over Epic Proof of the ABC Conjecture

In Search of God’s Perfect Proofs

This Mathematician Lost Five Years of Work—And Rebuilt It All

Gerrymandering Is Illegal, but Only Mathematicians Can Prove It

The Oracle of Arithmetic Works Best Without Writing Down a Thing

A Simple Proof From the Pattern-Matching Card Game Set Stuns Mathematicians

Mathematician Solves the Centuries-Old Sphere Problem in Higher Dimensions

Mathematicians Have Discovered a Prime Conspiracy