In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...
Symplectic geometry is a relatively new field with implications for much of modern mathematics. Here’s what it’s all about. In the early 1800s, William Rowan Hamilton discovered a new kind of ...
Google DeepMind has developed an artificial intelligence system that can solve complex geometry problems better than top human minds. Named AlphaGeometry2 (AG2), the AI has outshined International ...