One ball on a Plinko board is unpredictable. Drop a thousand and they form a near-perfect bell curve—one of math’s most powerful ideas for 150+ years.
George Pólya’s random walk theorem absolved him of being a lurker and revealed how the laws of chance interact with physical ...
Live Science on MSN
'Proof by intimidation': AI is confidently solving 'impossible' math problems. But can it convince the world's top mathematicians?
AI could soon spew out hundreds of mathematical proofs that look "right" but contain hidden flaws, or proofs so complex we ...
Explore Sir Isaac Newton’s top 10 discoveries, from gravity to calculus, and see how his 17th-century genius still powers modern science.
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results