For those who have wrestled a bulky couch around a tight corner and lamented, “Will this even fit?” mathematicians have heard ...

A new proof reveals the answer to the decades-old “moving sofa” problem. It highlights how even the simplest optimization ...

Specifically, the AI was able to make progress on a complex problem called the Andrews–Curtis conjecture, which has stumped ...

Fort Gibson freshman Isaac McDonnell blew up a balloon larger than his head, hoping it would propel his small car to victory. It did. Isaac and his partner, Landon Ireland, won the balloon-powered ...

While nationwide scores are still below pre-pandemic levels, some local districts are seeing improvements in math and reading ...

Solving problems in Euclidean geometry is one of the four topics covered in IMO problems — the others cover the branches of number theory, algebra and combinatorics. Geometry demands specific ...

And some students showcase their talent with pencil, paper and a list of complex equations and story problems ... to compete in the Fairbanks area Math Counts competition to battle for a spot ...

An AI system developed by Google DeepMind, Google’s leading AI research lab, appears to have surpassed the average gold medalist in solving geometry problems in an international mathematics ...

Only 30% of eighth graders across the U.S. are proficient in reading, according to new data. But in the Diocese of Brooklyn, ...

New research drills down on poor student achievement, and notes some school districts that are beating the odds ...

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The average American student remains half a grade level behind pre-pandemic levels of achievement in both reading and math. That's according to the Recovery Scorecard, an analysis of state ...