Daily Mathematics News

A New Proof Moves the Needle on a Sticky Geometry ProblemA deceptively simple math proposition known as the Kakeya conjecture underpins a tower of other questions in physics, number theory, and harmonic analysis.

Mathematicians discover new class of shape seen throughout nature‘Soft cells’ — shapes with rounded corners and pointed tips that fit together on a plane — feature in onions, molluscs and more.

In double breakthrough, mathematician solves two long-standing problemsA professor who has devoted his career to resolving the mysteries of higher mathematics has solved two separate, fundamental problems that have perplexed mathematicians for decades.

A Computer-Assisted Proof Solves the ‘Packing Coloring’ ProblemThere’s a surprisingly straightforward answer to how many numbers are needed to fill an infinite grid so that identical numbers never get too close together.

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