The Riemann Hypothesis is one of the most famous problems in that set. It’s about prime numbers. That’s any whole number that can only be divided by 1 and itself – like 2, 3, 5, 7 and 11.

In 2019, mathematicians finally solved a math puzzle that had stumped them for decades. It’s called a Diophantine Equation, and it’s sometimes known as the “summing of three cubes”: Find x, y, and z ...

In new research, mathematicians have narrowed down one of the biggest outstanding problems in math. Huge breakthroughs in math and science are usually the work of many people over many years. Seven ...

KHQ - A Japanese mathematician, Shinichi Mochizuki says he's solved the world's hardest math problems, the only problem is no one else can understand the problem enough to even be able to check and ...

Every year, on the first Saturday in December, 2,500 of the most brilliant college students in North America take what may be the hardest math test in the world. How tough is it? Although there are ...

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Actuarial Foundation is proud to announce the winners in this year's Hardest Math Problem Student Contest, a national middle school math competition ...

Vanguard's John Bogle has convinced me that I am better off investing in a low-cost S&P 500 index fund than individual stocks. But if I had to swap cash for a company's stock, I'd pick a $100 billion ...