In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day.

New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s ...

Mathematics is the first place where evidence of AI superintelligence is likely to appear, a theoretical computer scientist says. “Will there be a superhuman AI mathematician?” asked theoretical ...

Up until now, the simulation hypothesis was deemed to be un-testable in philosophy and science and often dismissed as pure science fiction.

Learn the science behind perfect timing! We break down the Optimal Stopping Theorem. Discover the math that tells you the ...

In the late 19th century, Georg Cantor believed his new theory could help the Church understand the infinite nature of the ...

Marijn Heule uses turns mathematical statements into something like Sudoku puzzles, then has computers go to work on them.

Galois was just 20 years old when he was shot in a mysterious duel — but not before revolutionizing mathematics. The night ...

Jakhama, in collaboration with the commission for education, Diocese of Kohima (CEDOK), successfully organized the 4th All ...

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

A new study suggests that, at least mathematically speaking, the idea doesn’t hold up, as some facets of reality can’t be explain purely algorithmically.

The natural complexity of the universe should phase out the possibility of some advanced civilization controlling reality ...