The competition, hosted by the Mathematical Association of America, awards cash prizes to top-scoring individuals and teams.

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Every year, the countries competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad arrive with a booklet of their best, most ...

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For Sarthak Dassarma ’26, mathematics isn’t a set of rules to memorize—it’s a story, and the Putnam Competition is just his ...

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics makes the argument that teachers, principals, and district leaders must “stay ...

The painstaking process of formalization to verify proofs is starting to surge thanks to AI. That could radically change the ...

GPT just keeps getting better at mathematics, increasingly solving the trickiest of problems. In January, AI testing company Epoch AI found that a previous version of the AI model, GPT-5.2 Pro had ...

One idle evening last October, Mehtaab Sawhney took up an old pastime. He began perusing the website erdosproblems.com, an updated record of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by the eccentric and ...

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Proposed changes to North Carolina's math standards would shake up requirements for upperclassmen in the state’s public high schools and emphasize real-world problem-solving in all grade levels. The ...