“I was curious to establish a baseline for when LLMs are effectively able to solve open math problems compared to where they struggle,” Somani said. The surprise was that, using the latest model, the ...

Math teacher Emma Chiappetta uses a three-round exercise to help students not only recognize their errors, but also generate ...

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A decades-old geometry puzzle has finally been solved by a young mathematician in South Korea. Hidden behind a simple hallway ...

More and more cases of AI helping solve previously unsolved mathematical problems are emerging. In what appears to be a ...

A 31-year-old Korean mathematician solved one of the oldest math puzzles and was recognized as one of Scientific American’s ...

The research of a Korean mathematician who solved the "Moving Sofa Problem," a mathematical conundrum that has remained unsolved for nearly 60 years, ...

For nearly 60 years, the “moving sofa problem,” a long-standing mathematical puzzle, remained unsolved. Last year, a Korean ...

The ReliableMath is a mathematical reasoning benchmark including both solvable and unsolvable math problems to evaluate LLM reliability on reasoning tasks. The following are the illustrations of (a) ...

eSchool News is counting down the 10 most-read stories of 2025. Story #4 focuses on making math instruction more relevant to students. The real question students are asking is, “When am I ever going ...