"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Two mathematicians now say they’ve made progress on a very old unsolved math problem. The problem ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

For centuries, the oldest unsolved problem in mathematics has challenged the world’s greatest minds. Despite advances in technology and logic, this ancient riddle remains beyond human reach. Photos of ...