A Mathematician with early access to XAI Grok 4.20, found a new Bellman function for one of the problems he had been working ...

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In this potentially useful study, the authors employ concepts and algorithms associated with induced subgraph in graph theory to automate several key but non-trivial steps in the development of coarse ...

These days, everyone seems to have an opinion about A.I. companions. Last year, I found myself joining the debate, publishing a paper—co-written with two fellow psychology professors and a philosopher ...

To effectively evaluate a system that performs operations on UML class diagrams, it is essential to cover a large variety of different types of diagrams. The coverage of the diagram space can be ...

Apple improved the Math Notes feature in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26, allowing users to input equations to create graphs in three dimensions. With ‌iOS 26‌ and ‌iPadOS 26‌, when you write an equation with ...

At crime scenes around the world, the forensic entomologist Paola Magni is taking her field into uncharted waters By Jordan Michael Smith Photographs by Guido Gazzilli and Claire Martin Paola Magni in ...

We all have times when we're shouldering the burden of a problem we can't solve right away. For example, you might receive a stressful letter on a Friday that requires calling a government office that ...

Creative problem-solving can be an exhilarating experience. You get a triple benefit: the euphoric 'aha' moment of solving a puzzle, the pride of accomplishing a goal, and the deeper self-discovery of ...

A Canadian startup called Xanadu has built a photon-based quantum computer it says should easily scale up. A Canadian startup called Xanadu has built a new quantum computer it says can be easily ...

Prime numbers—numbers divisible only by 1 and themselves—have long fascinated mathematicians. This year a researcher discovered the largest known prime number, with a whopping 41,024,320 digits. It ...